Full Idea
The exemplar paradigm of concepts is built around the idea that concepts are sets of exemplars. In turn, an exemplar is a body of knowledge about the properties believed to be possessed by a particular member of a class.
Gist of Idea
Concepts as exemplars are based on the knowledge of properties of each particular
Source
Edouard Machery (Doing Without Concepts [2009], 4.3.1)
Book Reference
Machery,Edouard: 'Doing Without Concepts' [OUP 2009], p.93
A Reaction
I like the fact that this theory is rooted in particulars, where the prototype theory doesn't seem to say much about how prototypes are derived. But you have to do more than just contemplate a bunch of exemplars.