Single Idea 18595

[catalogued under 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / d. Concepts as prototypes]

Full Idea

The most important property of prototype theories is that cognitive processes are assumed to involve the computation of the similarity between prototypes and other representations.

Gist of Idea

Prototype theories are based on computation of similarities with the prototype

Source

Edouard Machery (Doing Without Concepts [2009], 4.2.3)

Book Reference

Machery,Edouard: 'Doing Without Concepts' [OUP 2009], p.90


A Reaction

[He cites J.A.Hampton 1998, 2006] This presumably suits theories of the mind as largely computational (e.g. Fodor's account, based on the Turing machine).