Are human categories formal concepts? A case study using Dutch data
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081079.2024.2311917" target="_blank" >10.1080/03081079.2024.2311917</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Are human categories formal concepts? A case study using Dutch data
Original language description
While the notion of a formal concept, as used in formal concept analysis, is inspired by the traditional view of human concepts, the psychological relevance of formal concepts has not been examined in the past. In this paper, we provide an experimental exploration of the psychological plausibility of formal concepts as human categories. For this purpose, we use the currently most extensive available psychological data regarding human categories. The data involve several human categories, over 400 exemplars of these categories, several hundreds of binary attributes that describe these exemplars and several binary matrices representing which exemplars have which attributes. Our primary question is: Are human categories formal concepts? That is, do the involved human categories represent formal concepts in the respective exemplar-attribute binary matrices? In most of the examined instances, the answer to this question turns out affirmative. This supports the hypothesis that formal concepts provide a psychologically plausible model of human categories. In addition, we discuss several related questions, provide observations on the psychological data used and present topics for future exploration.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS
ISSN
0308-1079
e-ISSN
1563-5104
Volume of the periodical
53
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7-8
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
50
Pages from-to
755-804
UT code for WoS article
001196132500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85189560136