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Conceptual space and projectibility
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Integrative Medical Biology (IMB), Histology and Cell Biology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3030-2953
1999 (English)In: Lund university cognitive studies special edition, vol. 1: Spinning ideas – electronic essays dedicated to Peter gärdenfors on his fiftieth birthday / [ed] Hulth, N.; de Léon, D.; & Wallin, A., Lund University Press, 1999Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

According to Gärdenfors, the formal property of convexity in a conceptual space can serve as a criterion of projectibility. This theory is here criticized on two grounds: 1) Gärdenfors is inconsistent when applying the criterion to the troublesome Goodman predicate ’grue’; 2) dispositional predicates are typically non-convex and yet projectible. Projectibility is suggested to be neither a matter of logic nor one of symbolism.

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Lund University Press, 1999.
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Lund University Cognitive Studies Special Edition, ISSN 1101-8453 ; 1
Keywords [en]
conceptual space, dispositional predicates, grue, projectibility
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Theoretical Philosophy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-244257OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-244257DiVA, id: diva2:1998920
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