Creations of the Mind: Theories of Artifacts and Their Representation

'creations Of The Mind' Presents 16 Original Essays By Theorists From A Wide Range Of Disciplines Who Have A Shared Interest In The Nature Of Artifacts And Their Implications For The Human Mind. All The Papers Are Written Specifically For This Volume. Social Ontology And The Philosophy Of Society / John R. Searle -- Artifacts : Parts And Principles / Richard E. Grandy -- On The Place Of Artifacts In Ontology / Crawford L. Elder -- Artifacts And Human Concepts / Amie L. Thomasson -- Artworks As Artifacts / Jerrold Levinson -- Artifact Categorization : The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly / Barbara C. Malt And Steven A. Sloman -- Seedless Grapes : Nature And Culture / Dan Sperber -- How To Refer To Artifacts / Hilary Kornblith -- Water As An Artifact Kind / Paul Bloom -- The Organization And Representation Of Conceptual Knowledge In The Brain : Living Kinds And Artifacts / Bradford Z. Mahon And Alfonso Caramazza -- The Conceptual Foundations Of Animals And Artifacts / Jean M. Mandler -- The Essence Of Artifacts : Developing The Design Stance / Deborah Kelemen And Susan Carey -- A World Apart : How Concepts Of The Constructed World Are Different In Representation And In Development / Frank C. Keil, Marissa L. Greif, And Rebekkah S. Kerner -- Animal Artifacts / James L. Gould -- The Evolutionary Ancestry Of Our Knowledge Of Tools : From Percepts To Concepts / Marc D. Hauser And Laurie R. Santos -- Creations Of Pre-modern Human Minds : Stone Tool Manufacture And Use By Homo Habilis, Heidelbergensis, And Neanderthalensis / Steven Mithen. Edited By Eric Margolis And Stephen Laurence. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [312]-345) And Index.