Are human categories formal concepts? A case study using Dutch data

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F24%3A73627225" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/24:73627225 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/03081079.2024.2311917" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/03081079.2024.2311917</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081079.2024.2311917" target="_blank" >10.1080/03081079.2024.2311917</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Are human categories formal concepts? A case study using Dutch data

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Are human categories formal concepts? A case study using Dutch data

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS

ISSN

0308-1079

e-ISSN

1563-5104

Svazek periodika

53

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7-8

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

50

Strana od-do

755-804

Kód UT WoS článku

001196132500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85189560136