A theory of concepts and their combinations I
A theory of concepts and their combinations I
复制标题
概念及其组合理论 I
作者:
Diederik Aerts;L. Gabora
PurposeTo elaborate a theory for modeling concepts that incorporates how a context influences the typicality of a single exemplar and the applicability of a single property of a concept. To investigate the structure of the sets of contexts and properties.Design/methodology/approachThe effect of context on the typicality of an exemplar and the applicability of a property is accounted for by introducing the notion of “state of a concept”, and making use of the state‐context‐property formalism (SCOP), a generalization of the quantum formalism, whose basic notions are states, contexts and properties.FindingsThe paper proves that the set of context and the set of properties of a concept is a complete orthocomplemented lattice, i.e. a set with a partial order relation, such that for each subset there exists a greatest lower bound and a least upper bound, and such that for each element there exists an orthocomplement. This structure describes the “and”, “or”, and “not”, respectively for contexts and properties. It shows that the context lattice as well as the property lattice are non‐classical, i.e. quantum‐like, lattices.Originality/valueAlthough the effect of context on concepts is widely acknowledged, formal mathematical structures of theories that incorporate this effect have not been successful. The study of this formal structure is a preparation for the elaboration of a theory of concepts that allows the description of the combination of concepts.
DOI:
10.1037//0278-7393.18.2.211
发表时间:
1992
期刊:
Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition
影响因子:
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作者:
Nosofsky,RM;Kruschke,JK;McKinley,SC
通讯作者:
McKinley,SC
影响因子:
5.4
作者:
NOSOFSKY, RM;PALMERI, TJ;MCKINLEY, SC
通讯作者:
MCKINLEY, SC