This paper develops the notion of abstraction in the context of the psychology of concepts, and discusses its relation to context dependence in knowledge representation. Three general approaches to modelling conceptual knowledge from the domain of cognitive psychology are discussed, which serve to illustrate a theoretical dimension of increasing levels of abstraction
Abstract concepts are relevant to a wide range of disciplines, including cognitive science, linguist...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the...
From the perspective of the situated conceptualization framework, the primary purpose of concepts is...
Abstraction is one of the central notions in philosophy and cognitive science. Though its origins ar...
AbstractConcepts are the basic elements of propositions. Concepts can be best understood as constitu...
Despite the recent upsurge in research on abstract concepts, there remain puzzles at the foundation ...
Abstraction is a pervasive activity in human perception, conceptualization and reasoning; it enters ...
A quantitative theory of abstraction is presented. The central feature of this is a growth formula d...
Recent theories of cognition recognize the importance of context in cognitive tasks. However, many t...
By means of abstraction a notion A is derived from a notion S. The re-sulting notion A often is call...
This study is a first attempt to unravel the almost unexplored domain of abstract conceptual knowled...
Abstract concepts (“freedom”) differ from concrete ones (“cat”), as they do not have a bounded, iden...
Human language is the most powerful communication system that evolution has produced. Within this sy...
Philosophers have often claimed that general ideas or representations have their origin in abstracti...
In theories of grounded cognition, abstract concepts, like concrete ones, are grounded in our experi...
Abstract concepts are relevant to a wide range of disciplines, including cognitive science, linguist...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the...
From the perspective of the situated conceptualization framework, the primary purpose of concepts is...
Abstraction is one of the central notions in philosophy and cognitive science. Though its origins ar...
AbstractConcepts are the basic elements of propositions. Concepts can be best understood as constitu...
Despite the recent upsurge in research on abstract concepts, there remain puzzles at the foundation ...
Abstraction is a pervasive activity in human perception, conceptualization and reasoning; it enters ...
A quantitative theory of abstraction is presented. The central feature of this is a growth formula d...
Recent theories of cognition recognize the importance of context in cognitive tasks. However, many t...
By means of abstraction a notion A is derived from a notion S. The re-sulting notion A often is call...
This study is a first attempt to unravel the almost unexplored domain of abstract conceptual knowled...
Abstract concepts (“freedom”) differ from concrete ones (“cat”), as they do not have a bounded, iden...
Human language is the most powerful communication system that evolution has produced. Within this sy...
Philosophers have often claimed that general ideas or representations have their origin in abstracti...
In theories of grounded cognition, abstract concepts, like concrete ones, are grounded in our experi...
Abstract concepts are relevant to a wide range of disciplines, including cognitive science, linguist...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the...
From the perspective of the situated conceptualization framework, the primary purpose of concepts is...
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