Full Idea
Labels may signal categories that are believed to embody an essence.
Gist of Idea
Labels may indicate categories which embody an essence
Source
Susan A. Gelman (The Essential Child [2003], 02 'Privileged')
Book Reference
Gelman,Susan A.: 'The Essential Child' [OUP 2005], p.55
A Reaction
This is quoted by her, as a summary of a substantial body of research which she endorses. I cite it because it pinpoints my own view. I take 'labels' to be basic to minds, as organisers of thought, and this ties essences to labels. Satisfying picture.