Concepts: a review

John Branch and Francesco Rocchi

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2015, vol. 9, issue 1, 20-39

Abstract: Concepts serve critical functions in science, through their descriptive powers and as the building-blocks of theory. When concepts are undeveloped, therefore, science suffers. Philosophical understanding of concepts, however, is relatively limited in most scientific disciplines, including management. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to review the literature on concepts. It begins by establishing the link between concepts and science. It then highlights the lack of emphasis on concepts in the management discipline. It continues by discussing the role of concepts and cognition. Finally, it defines and discusses the different philosophies of concepts.

Keywords: scientific concepts; knowledge; philosophies of concepts; literature review; management discipline; cognition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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