Written age-of-acquisition effects reflect family resemblance in the lexical network

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan S. Weekes
Keyword(s):  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Family Resemblance

Constructing and Deconstructing Concepts

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 249-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Doan ◽  
Ronaldo Vigo
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Unsupervised Classification ◽  
Family Resemblance ◽  
Category Membership ◽  
Formal Models ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Relational Patterns ◽  
Optimal Classification

Abstract. Several empirical investigations have explored whether observers prefer to sort sets of multidimensional stimuli into groups by employing one-dimensional or family-resemblance strategies. Although one-dimensional sorting strategies have been the prevalent finding for these unsupervised classification paradigms, several researchers have provided evidence that the choice of strategy may depend on the particular demands of the task. To account for this disparity, we propose that observers extract relational patterns from stimulus sets that facilitate the development of optimal classification strategies for relegating category membership. We conducted a novel constrained categorization experiment to empirically test this hypothesis by instructing participants to either add or remove objects from presented categorical stimuli. We employed generalized representational information theory (GRIT; Vigo, 2011b , 2013a , 2014 ) and its associated formal models to predict and explain how human beings chose to modify these categorical stimuli. Additionally, we compared model performance to predictions made by a leading prototypicality measure in the literature.

Early Moore against the Particular–Universal Distinction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fraser MacBride
Keyword(s):  
Family Resemblance ◽  
Primary Role

This chapter argues that the early G.E. Moore went beyond realism and nominalism by advancing a form of categorial monism that was committed only to concepts, where concepts are the constituents of mind independent propositions but concepts are neither substances nor attributes. Moore’s outlook was a consequence of his doctrine that existential propositions have a primary role in constituting reality but lack subject–predicate form, the form of discourse required to articulate the notions of substance and attribute as Kant had done. Moore’s concepts have a family resemblance to Strawson’s features. The chapter concludes by addressing the (alleged) influence of Bradley and Brentano.

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