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Eric Margolis (born 1968) is an American/Canadian philosopher and professor at The University of British Columbia (UBC).[1][2]
Education and Career
[edit]Margolis earned his BA at the University of Maryland in 1990 and obtained his PhD at Rutgers University in 1995 under the direction of Jerry Fodor.[3]
Prior to joining the faculty at UBC, he held appointments at Rice University and The University of Wisconsin-Madison.[4][5]
Philosophical Work
[edit]Margolis specializes in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of cognitive science. He is best known for his work on the nature of human concepts, how they are acquired, and what this can tell us about the fundamental structure of the mind.[6]
He is the co-editor (with Stephen Laurence) of The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts (2015), which was named an Outstanding Academic Title (2016) by Choice Magazine.[7][8]
His most recent book, The Building Blocks of Thought: A Rationalist Account of the Origins of Concepts (2024), co-authored with Stephen Laurence, is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence.[9] The book explores the longstanding debate between rationalist and empiricist views on the origins of concepts, a central issue in philosophy and cognitive science.
His research has been supported by Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Selected Publications
[edit]- Margolis, E. & Laurence, S. (2024). The Building Blocks of Thought: A Rationalist Account of the Origins of Concepts. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192898920
- Margolis, E. & Laurence, S. (2023). Making Sense of Domain Specificity. Cognition, 240: 105583. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105583
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2023). Concepts, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.).
- Margolis, E. (2020). The Small Number System. Philosophy of Science, 87.1, pp. 113-134. doi:10.1086/706087
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S., eds. (2015). The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262536677
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (2015). Concept Nativism and Neural Plasticity. In E. Margolis & S. Laurence (eds.), The Conceptual Mind: New Directions in the Study of Concepts (MIT Press), pp. 117-147. ISBN 9780262536677
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2013). In Defense of Nativism. Philosophical Studies, 165:2, pp. 693-718. doi:10.1007/s11098-012-9972-x
- Margolis, E., R. Samuels, & Stich, S., eds. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Cognitive Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190846213
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (2012). The Scope of the Conceptual. In E. Margolis et al. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science (Oxford University Press), pp. 291-317. ISBN 9780190846213
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (2012). Abstraction and the Origin of General Ideas. Philosophers' Imprint, 12:19, pp. 1-22.
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2011). Learning Matters: The Role of Learning in Concept Acquisition. Mind & Language, 26:5, pp. 507-639. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0017.2011.01429.x
- Barrett, H. C., Laurence, S., Margolis, E. (2008). Artifacts and Original Intent: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Design Stance. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 8, pp. 1-22. doi:10.1163/156770908X289189
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2008). How to Learn the Natural Numbers: Inductive Inference and the Acquisition of Number Concepts. Cognition, 106, pp. 924-939. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2007.03.003
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S., eds. (2007). Creations of the Mind: Theories of Artifacts and Their Representation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199250998
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2007). The Ontology of Concepts: Abstract Objects or Mental Representations? Nous, 41:4, pp. 561-593. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0068.2007.00663.x
- Laurence, S., Margolis, E. (2007). Linguistic Determinism and the Innate Basis of Number. In P. Carruthers et al. (eds.), The Innate Mind, vol. 3: Foundations and the Future (Oxford University Press), pp. 139-169. ISBN 9780195332827
- Laurence, S., Margolis, E. (2005). Number and Natural Language. In P. Carruthers et al. (eds.), The Innate Mind: Structure and Contents (Oxford University Press), pp. 216-235. ISBN 9780195179996
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (2003). Concepts and Conceptual Analysis. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, LXVI, no. 2, pp. 253-282. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2003.tb00290.x
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2003). Should We Trust Our Intuitions? Deflationary Accounts of the Analytic Data. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 103.3 pp. 299-323.
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (2002). Radical Concept Nativism. Cognition, 86, pp. 25-55. doi:10.1016/S0010-0277(02)00127-0
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2002). Lewis' Strawman. The Philosophical Quarterly, 52:206, pp. 55-65. doi:10.1111/1467-9213.00252
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S. (2001). Boghossian on Analyticity. Analysis, 61.4, pp. 293-302. doi:10.1093/analys/61.4.293
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (2001). The Poverty of the Stimulus Argument. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 52:206, pp. 217-276. doi:10.1093/bjps/52.2.217
- Margolis, E., & Laurence, S., eds. (1999). Concepts: Core Readings. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262631938
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (1999). Concepts and Cognitive Science, In Concepts: Core Readings, E. Margolis & S. Laurence (eds.), pp. 3-81. ISBN 9780262631938
- Margolis, E. (1998). How to Acquire a Concept. Mind & Language, 13:3, pp. 347-369. doi:10.1111/1468-0017.00081
- Laurence, S., & Margolis, E. (1997). Regress Arguments against the Language of Thought. Analysis, XCV, 57:1, pp. 60-66. doi:10.1093/analys/57.1.60
- Margolis, E. (1994). A Reassessment of the Shift from the Classical Theory of Concepts to Prototype Theory, Cognition, 51, pp. 73-89. doi:10.1016/0010-0277(94)90009-4
References
[edit]- ^ "Eric Margolis". Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Eric Margolis | UBC Language Sciences". languagesciences.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Gordon, Laura. "Margolis, Eric". Rutgers University :: Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "New Appointments in Philosophy: New - PhilJobs:JFP". philjobs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Milestones". news.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Works by Eric Margolis - PhilPapers". philpapers.org. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "The Conceptual Mind". MIT Press. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Outstanding Academic Titles, 2016: Choice's annual list of the most significant print and electronic works reviewed this year". Choice Magazine. 54 (5). July 1, 2017.
- ^ Laurence, Stephen; Margolis, Eric (2024). The building blocks of thought (1 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-289883-8.