Mathematical Principles of Human Conceptual Behavior - 9781138286641

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Mathematical Principles of Human Conceptual BehaviorThe Structural Nature of Conceptual Representation and Processing\nAuthor(s): Ronaldo Vigo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Psychology Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781138286641, 978-1138286641\nSynopsis\nThe ability to learn concepts lies at the very core of human cognition, enabling us to efficiently classify, organize, identify, and store complex information. In view of the basic role that concepts play in our everyday physical and mental lives, the fields of cognitive science and psychology face three long standing challenges: discovering the laws that govern concept learning and categorization behavior in organisms, showing how they inform other areas of cognitive research, and describing them with the mathematical systematicity and precision found in the physical sciences. In light of these theoretical and methodological shortcomings, this volume will introduce a set of general mathemati.