On the development of categories
pp. 187-199
in: Manfred Spitzer, Brendan A. Maher (eds), Philosophy and psychopathology, Berlin, Springer, 1990Abstract
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.