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On the Development of Categories

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Philosophy and Psychopathology

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The title of this paper1 when read within the horizon of “normal” history of philosophy seems to denote a contradictio in adiecto since all this history would deny categories as subjects of change. I want to show here that this impression is due to a too narrow interpretation, and that the proposed understanding offers good chances for a fruitful contact between philosophy and psychology.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Manfred Spitzer M.D., Ph.D. (Visiting Associate Professor) & Brendan A. Maher Ph.D. (Edward C. Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality) (Visiting Associate Professor) &  (Edward C. Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality)

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Klein, P. (1990). On the Development of Categories. In: Spitzer, M., Maher, B.A. (eds) Philosophy and Psychopathology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9028-2_14

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