Is the Mystery of Thought Demystified by Context-Dependent Categorisation? Towards a New Relation Between Language and Thought

We argue that are no such things as literal categories in human cognition. Instead, we argue that there are merely temporary coalescences of dimensions of similarity, which are brought together by context in order to create the similarity structure in mental representations appropriate for the task...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mind & language 2012-11, Vol.27 (5), p.595-618
Hauptverfasser:	Thomas, Michael S. C., Purser, Harry R. M., Mareschal, Denis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Historical studies (History of philosophy. History of ideas) Mind and body. Personal identity Philosophy
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