Language, logic, and concepts: essays in memory of John Macnamara

Ray Jackendoff, Paul Bloom, Karen Wynn9780262100786, 0262100789

This wide-ranging collection of essays is inspired by the memory of the cognitive psychologist John Macnamara, whose influential contributions to language and concept acquisition have provided the basis for numerous research programs. The areas covered by the essays include the foundations of language and thought, congnitive and linguistic development, and mathematical approaches to cognition.