Handbook of categorization in cognitive science / edited by Henri Cohen, Claire Lefebvre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Henri, 1945-

Lefebvre, Claire.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Categorization (Psychology).

Cognitive science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Categorization, the basic cognitive process of arranging objects into categories, is a fundamental process in human and machine intelligence and is central to investigations and research in cognitive science. Until now, categorization has been approached from singular disciplinary perspectives with little overlap or communication between the disciplines involved (Linguistics, Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Cognitive Anthropology). Henri Cohen and Claire Lefebvre have gathered together a stellar collection of contributors in this unique, ambitious attempt to bring toget

Contents:

Cover; Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Bridging the Category Divide; Part 1 - Categorization in Cognitive Science; Part 2 - Semantic Categories; Part 3 - Syntactic Categories; Part 4 - Acquisition of Categories; Part 5 - Neuroscience of Categorization and Category Learning; Part 6 - Categories in Perception and Inference; Part 7 - Grounding, Recognition, and Reasoning in Categorization; Part 8 - Machine Category Learning; Part 9 - Data Mining for Categories and Ontologies; Part 10 - The Naturalization of Categories; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-63018-3

9786610630189

0-08-045741-X

OCLC:

476001233