Similarity and categorization
Hahn, UlrikeContributor
Ramscar, MichaelContributor
New York : Oxford University Press,
2001.
Concepts allow us to treat different objects equivalently according to shared attributes, and hence to communicate about, draw inferences from, reason with, and explain these objects. Understanding how concepts are formed and used is thus essential to understanding and applying these basic processes, and the topic of similarity-based classification is central to psychology, artificial intelligence, statistics, and philosophy. This book brings together leading researchers, reflecting the key topics and important developments in the field and provides a uniquely interdisciplinary overview of the subject.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Concepts allow us to treat different objects equivalently according to shared attributes, and hence to communicate about, draw inferences from, reason with, and explain these objects. Understanding how concepts are formed and used is thus essential to understanding and applying these basic processes, and the topic of similarity-based classification is central to psychology, artificial intelligence, statistics, and philosophy. This book brings together leading researchers, reflecting the key topics and important developments in the field and provides a uniquely interdisciplinary overview of the subject.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thinking
Mental Processes
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Psychiatry and Psychology
Cognition
Concept Formation
Perception
Social Sciences
Psychology