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272Metaphysics of concepts: In defense of the abilitist approachTheoria 89 (5): 625-639. 2023.Abilitism is an approach to the metaphysics of concepts according to which each concept consists of a managing cognitive ability coordinating other abilities (cognitive and non-cognitive) and a set of subordinate abilities associated with this managing ability. As I argue here, if we accept the abilitist approach, we can efficiently solve such puzzles in the metaphysics of concepts as the partial possession problem, the concept pluralism problem, etc. However, there are some possible objections …Read more
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166Innate cognitive capacities: the poverty of the stimulus argument vs. the curry argumentThe Humanities and Social Studies in the Far East 17 (3): 99-103. 2020.The article is dedicated to the popular argument among nativists, who use it against the empiricist approach. We analyze the strongest objection against the poverty of the stimulus argument which is the curry argument. As a result of the critical consideration of the poverty of the stimulus discussion, we conclude that the curry argument is quite sound.
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17Problems and Prospects of Interdisciplinary Consciousness Studies “Problems of Consciousness: Research Opportunities” Round Table Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, January 28, 2019Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences 63 (2): 144-159. 2020.In January 2019 the Faculty of Philosophy of the Lomonosov Moscow State University held the round table “Problems of Consciousness: Research Opportunities.” It was dedicated to problems of interdisciplinary studies of consciousness. Many famous Russian specialists whose academic interests include consciousness, brain and mind took part in this event: K.V. Anokhin, D.I. Dubrovsky, T.V. Chernigovskaya, M.A. Piradov, A.A. Potapov, V.Y. Sergin, V.V. Vasil’ev, Z.A. Zorina and others. At the round tab…Read more
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346Contemporary Concept Nativism: Some Methodological RemarksRussian Journal of Philosophical Sciences 62 (7): 96-109. 2019.The innate knowledge problem is a classical problem in philosophy, which has been known since the classical antiquity. Plato in his dialogues Meno and Phaedo formulated the doctrine of innate ideas and proposed an early version of the poverty of the stimulus argument, which is the most frequently used argument in innate knowledge debates. In the history of philosophy there was also an opposite view. This approach is often associated with J. Locke’s philosophy. Locke thought that all our knowledg…Read more
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Ontology of Concepts |
Innate Concepts |
Theories of Concepts, Misc |
Concept Possession |
Innateness |
Nativism in Cognitive Science |