Representing Concepts in Time Export

@incollection{citeulike:3749137, abstract = {People make use of concepts in all aspects of their lives. Concepts are mental entities, which structure our experiences and support reasoning in the world. They are usually regarded as static, although there is ample evidence that they change over time with respect to structure, content, and relation to real-world objects and processes. Recent research considers concepts as dynamical systems, emphasizing this potential for change. In order to analyze the alteration of concepts in time, a formal representation of this process is necessary. This paper proposes an algebraic model for representing dynamic conceptual structures, which integrates two theories from geography and cognitive science, i.e., time geography and conceptual spaces. Such representation allows for investigating the development of a conceptual structure along space-time paths and serves as a foundation for querying the structure of concepts at a specific point in time or for a time interval. The geospatial concept of 'landmark' is used to demonstrate the formal specifications.}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, author = {Raubal, Martin}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the international conference on Spatial Cognition VI}, citeulike-article-id = {3749137}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1433524.1433557}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_24}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/f447875r5507x41j}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_24}, isbn = {978-3-540-87600-7}, journal = {Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space}, keywords = {cognitive\_science, conceptual, conceptual\_blending, conceptual\_spaces, conceptual\_structures, dynamical\_systems, formal\_representation, landmark, representation, space\_time}, location = {Freiburg, Germany}, pages = {328--343}, posted-at = {2009-09-21 15:42:51}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, title = {Representing Concepts in Time}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_24}, year = {2008} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:3749137 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3749137 N2 - People make use of concepts in all aspects of their lives. Concepts are mental entities, which structure our experiences and support reasoning in the world. They are usually regarded as static, although there is ample evidence that they change over time with respect to structure, content, and relation to real-world objects and processes. Recent research considers concepts as dynamical systems, emphasizing this potential for change. In order to analyze the alteration of concepts in time, a formal representation of this process is necessary. This paper proposes an algebraic model for representing dynamic conceptual structures, which integrates two theories from geography and cognitive science, i.e., time geography and conceptual spaces. Such representation allows for investigating the development of a conceptual structure along space-time paths and serves as a foundation for querying the structure of concepts at a specific point in time or for a time interval. The geospatial concept of ‘landmark’ is used to demonstrate the formal specifications. CY - Freiburg, Germany JF - Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space SN - 978-3-540-87600-7 AD - Berlin, Heidelberg EP - 343 TI - Representing Concepts in Time PB - Springer-Verlag T2 - Proceedings of the international conference on Spatial Cognition VI SP - 328 KW - cognitive_science KW - conceptual KW - conceptual_blending KW - conceptual_spaces KW - conceptual_structures KW - dynamical_systems KW - formal_representation KW - landmark KW - representation KW - space_time AU - Raubal, Martin PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_24 ER -