On the adequacy of prototype theory as a theory of concepts |
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| Authors: | Daniel N. Osherson Edward E. Smith |
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| Affiliation: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA;Stanford University and Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., 50 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA |
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| Abstract: | Prototype theory construes membership in a concept's extension as graded, determined by similarity to the concept's “best” exemplar (or by some other measure of central tendency). The present paper is concerned with the compatibility of this view of concept membership with two criteria of adequacy for theories of concepts. The first criterion concerns the relationship between complex concepts and their conceptual constituents. The second concerns the truth conditions for thoughts corresponding to simple inclusions. |
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| Keywords: | Reprint requests should be sent to Edward E. Smith Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. 50 Moulton Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA. |
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