Classifying with Essentialized Categories
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Psychological essentialism states that certain categories are assumed to have an underlying hidden reality (or "essence") that defines objects’ identity (Gelman, 2003; Medin & Ortony, 1989). Everyday classification, on the other hand, must be based on the features of objects that are observable. How do we reconcile these facts? One way is to assume that essential features cause observable ones, and that classification involves reasoning backwards from observable features to their hidden cause. Three experiments tested classification with essentialized categories to determine whether causal inference underlies classification.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006