Concepts: A Critical Approach

Andy Blunden is an independent scholar in Melbourne, Australia. Andy works with the Independent Social Research Network and the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy and has run a Hegel Summer School since 1998. Andy retired from Melbourne University in 2002.

• IntroductionPart I. Contemporary Theory1. The Psychology of Concepts2. Narratives and Metaphors3. Conceptual Change and Linguistics4. Robert Brandom on Concepts5. Where we are Now with ConceptsPart II. Hegel6. The Story of the Concept7. Hegel’s Logic8. The Genesis of the Concept9. The Realisation of the Concept10. Hegel’s PsychologyPart III. From Philosophy to the Human Sciences11. The Critical Appropriation of Hegel12. Sources of Cultural PsychologyPart IV. Vygotsky13. Concepts in Childhood14. Vygotsky on ‘True Concepts’15. Concepts and ActivityPart V. Conclusion. AcknowledgmentsReferencesIndex