Handbook of categorization in cognitive science /

Categorization, the basic cognitive process of arranging objects into categories, is a fundamental process in human and machine intelligence and is central to investigations and research in cognitive science. Until now, categorization has been approached from singular disciplinary perspectives with...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Cohen, Henri, 1945; Lefebvre, Claire
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam : Oxford
Publication Dates: 2005. ;
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080446127
Summary: Categorization, the basic cognitive process of arranging objects into categories, is a fundamental process in human and machine intelligence and is central to investigations and research in cognitive science. Until now, categorization has been approached from singular disciplinary perspectives with little overlap or communication between the disciplines involved (Linguistics, Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Cognitive Anthropology). Henri Cohen and Claire Lefebvre have gathered together a stellar collection of contributors in this unique, ambitious attempt to bring tog
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxxv, 1087 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 008045741X
9780080457413
Index Number: BF445
CLC: B842.1-62
Contents: Categorization in Cognitive Science. Semantic Categories. Syntactic Categories. Acquisition of Categories. Neuroscience of Categorization and Category Learning. Categories in Perception and Inference. Grounding, Recognition, and Reasoning in Categorization. Machine Category Learning. Data Mining for Categories and Ontologies. The Naturalization of Categories.