PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Prototype Theory, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Wags
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Lecture outline: definitions prototypes and typicality effects exemplars difficulties with categorizing via resemblance concepts as theories definitions when we have a concept like dog or chair, we take it for granted that this should be something easily understood. Defining these concepts are more complex than our first glance. These are the building blocks of all the information that we know. It"s the building blocks of our general knowledge. We start by knowing what the dog or chair is. dog: mammal with 4 legs, barks, wags its tail. There"s examples that are exceptions to this rule. If you saw a 3 legged dog, you would still know that it"s a dog, or a dog that doesn"t bark. This philosopher, ludwig wittgenstein had this idea that simple concepts have no definition. If you try to define them, there"s no real way of defining them.
