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Originally published in 1978, the papers in this book derive from a 1976 meeting sponsored by the Social Science Research Council to discuss the nature and principles of category formation. It is organized in three sections: real-world categories, the cognitive processes underlying categorization, and the nature of representation.
Sommario
Preface. Introduction.
Part I: Structure 1. Ethnobiological Classification
Brent Berlin 2. Principles of Categorization
Eleanor Rosch 3. Linguistic Expression of Category Levels in a Visual-Gestural Language: A Flower Is a Flower Is a Flower
Elissa L. Newport and Ursula Bellugi Part II: Process 4. Studies of Similarity
Amos Tversky and Itamar Gati 5. Aspects of a Stimulus: Features, Dimensions, and Configurations
W. R. Garner 6. From Perceived Similarity to Dimensional Structure: A New Hypothesis About Perspective Development
Bryan E. Shepp 7. Nonanalytic Concept Formation and Memory for Instances
Lee Brooks Part III: Representation 8. Imagery and Internal Representation Stephen
Michael Kosslyn 9. Fundamental Aspects of Cognitive Representation
Stephen E. Palmer 10. Practical and Lexical Knowledge
George A. Miller. Author Index. Subject Index.
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Eleanor Rosch and Barbara B. Lloyd
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Originally published in 1978, the papers in this book derive from a 1976 meeting sponsored by the Social Science Research Council to discuss the nature and principles of category formation. It is organized in three sections: real-world categories, the cognitive processes underlying categorization, and the nature of representation.
