This volume presents a new perspective on conceptual change that negotiates a middle ground between purely comptutational and purely dynamic approaches. Its chapters will be of interest to all cognitive scientists and scholars in related fields.

Eric Dietrich, Arthur B. Markman

Contents: Preface. Part I: Foundations.E. Dietrich, A.B. Markman, Cognitive Dynamics: Computation and Representation Regained. M.H. Bickhard, Dynamic Representing and Representational Dynamics. J.J. Prinz, L.W. Barsalou, Steering a Course for Embodied Representation. G.F. Marcus, Two Kinds of Representation. Part II: Words and Objects.R.E. Remez, Speech Spoken and Represented. C. Burgess, K. Lund, The Dynamics of Meaning in Memory. J.E. Hummel, Where View-Based Theories Break Down: The Role of Structure in Human Shape Perception. Part III: Concepts, Concept Use, and Conceptual Change.R.L. Goldstone, M. Steyvers, J. Spencer-Smith, A. Kersten, Interactions Between Perceptual and Conceptual Learning. K.J. Holyoak, J.E. Hummel, The Proper Treatment of Symbols in a Connectionist Architecture. E. Dietrich, Analogy and Conceptual Change, or You Can't Step Into the Same Mind Twice. D. Gentner, P. Wolff, Metaphor and Knowledge Change. A.B. Markman, S. Zhang, C.P. Moreau, Representation and the Construction of Preferences.