ABSTRACT

People act as if things (e.g., objects) have essences or underlying natures that make them the thing that they are. Furthermore, the essence constrains or generates properties that may vary in their centrality. One of the things that theories do is to embody or provide causal linkages from deeper properties to more superficial or surface properties. (p. 1476)

Domain Specificity and Conceptual Variation

Stability in Conceptual Representation

WHAT'S IN A CONCEPT? THE QUESTION OF REPRESENTATION