Edouard Machery (philosopher)

Edouard Machery is a philosopher who studies the nature of concepts and how our minds organize knowledge. He explores questions about how we define and categorize things, such as what makes something a "chair" or a "game." Machery examines whether our mental categories reflect real features of the world or are shaped by social and psychological factors. His work combines philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science to better understand human thought, challenging traditional ideas about concepts and explaining how language and culture influence our mental categories.