Concepts and Proto-Concepts in Cognitive Science (part 1)

In August of 2010 I gave two lectures as part of the annual Summer School of the Swedish Graduate School in Cognitive Science (SweCog; see http://www.swecog.se/summerschool.shtml). I was invited to speak on the topic "Cognition (or Consciousness) and Non-Conceptual Content", so I devoted the first lecture to getting clear on the nature of concepts. This allowed me to contrast conceptual content (which is, briefly: content that is articulable, recombinable, rational and deployable) with non-conceptual content, which was detailed in the second lecture (to follow).Media:PodSlides: iPod-ready video (.mp4; 49.7 MB; 59 min 30 sec)Audio (.mp3; 28.6 MB; 59 min 30 sec)PowerPoint file (.pptx; 1.2 MB)