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ERIC Number: EJ565558
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Two Dogmas of Conceptual Empiricism: Implications for Hybrid Models of the Structure of Knowledge.
Keil, Frank C.; Smith, W. Carter; Simons, Daniel J.; Levin, Daniel T.
Cognition, v65 n2,3 p103-35 Jan 1998
Considers assumptions underlying current cognitive science research on concepts: (1) novel information is first processed via similarity judgments and later by explanatory components; (2) children initially have a similarity-based component for learning concepts--the explanatory component develops on its foundation. Argues that these assumptions are unfounded and arise from an empiricism inhibiting the study of conceptual structure. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Models, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Theories
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cognitive Sciences; Empiricism; Similarity (Concept); Structure of Knowledge; Theoretical Analysis
Note: Special issue on: "Rules and Similarity in Human Thinking."