The role of causality and conceptual coherence in assessments of similarity Export

@article{citeulike:3010665, abstract = {Conceptual coherence, which refers to concepts whose contents make sense to the perceiver, has been associated traditionally with the notion of similarity, that is, objects, events, or entities form a concept because they are similar to one another. An examination of traditional similarity-based concept theories suggests that they do not provide an adequate account for conceptual coherence. Library and Information Science needs to explore knowledge-based approaches to concept formation, which suggest that one's knowledge of a concept includes not just a representation of its features but also an explicit representation of the causal mechanisms that people believe link those features to form a coherent whole.}, author = {Spiteri, Louise F.}, citeulike-article-id = {3010665}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n2/Spiteri.pdf}, journal = {LIBRES Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal}, keywords = {categorization, classification, clustering, conceptualization}, month = {September}, number = {2}, posted-at = {2008-07-16 23:33:30}, priority = {0}, title = {The role of causality and conceptual coherence in assessments of similarity}, url = {http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n2/Spiteri.pdf}, volume = {17}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3010665 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3010665 N2 - Conceptual coherence, which refers to concepts whose contents make sense to the perceiver, has been associated traditionally with the notion of similarity, that is, objects, events, or entities form a concept because they are similar to one another. An examination of traditional similarity-based concept theories suggests that they do not provide an adequate account for conceptual coherence. Library and Information Science needs to explore knowledge-based approaches to concept formation, which suggest that one’s knowledge of a concept includes not just a representation of its features but also an explicit representation of the causal mechanisms that people believe link those features to form a coherent whole. IS - 2 JF - LIBRES Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal TI - The role of causality and conceptual coherence in assessments of similarity VL - 17 KW - categorization KW - classification KW - clustering KW - conceptualization AU - Spiteri, Louise PY - 2007/09// UR - http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n2/Spiteri.pdf ER -