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'The Big Book of Concepts', 'Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology' and 'On Recent German Literature. Fragments'
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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The main theories of concepts are exemplar, prototype and knowledge [Murphy]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / c. Classical concepts
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The theoretical and practical definitions for the classical view are very hard to find [Murphy]
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The classical definitional approach cannot distinguish typical and atypical category members [Murphy]
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Classical concepts follow classical logic, but concepts in real life don't work that way [Murphy]
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Classical concepts are transitive hierarchies, but actual categories may be intransitive [Murphy]
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The classical core is meant to be the real concept, but actually seems unimportant [Murphy]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / d. Concepts as prototypes
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There is no 'ideal' bird or dog, and prototypes give no information about variability [Murphy]
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Prototypes are unified representations of the entire category (rather than of members) [Murphy]
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The prototype theory uses observed features, but can't include their construction [Murphy]
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The prototype theory handles hierarchical categories and combinations of concepts well [Murphy]
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Prototypes theory of concepts is best, as a full description with weighted typical features [Murphy]
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Learning concepts is forming prototypes with a knowledge structure [Murphy]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / e. Concepts from exemplars
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The most popular theories of concepts are based on prototypes or exemplars [Murphy]
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The exemplar view of concepts says 'dogs' is the set of dogs I remember [Murphy]
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Exemplar theory struggles with hierarchical classification and with induction [Murphy]
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Children using knowing and essentialist categories doesn't fit the exemplar view [Murphy]
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Conceptual combination must be compositional, and can't be built up from exemplars [Murphy]
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The concept of birds from exemplars must also be used in inductions about birds [Murphy]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / f. Theory theory of concepts
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We do not learn concepts in isolation, but as an integrated part of broader knowledge [Murphy]
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Concepts with familiar contents are easier to learn [Murphy]
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Some knowledge is involved in instant use of categories, other knowledge in explanations [Murphy]
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People categorise things consistent with their knowledge, even rejecting some good evidence [Murphy]
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