PSYB57H3 Chapter 9: chapter 9.doc
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We need concepts in order to have knowledge and we need knowledge in order to function. Our understanding of concepts is kinda like dictionary definitions. We all know what a dog is, and our understanding of it, is like our definition i. e. dog is a creature , a mammal, has four legs,barks and wags its tail. When asked about dogs they can be easily defined and identified within our knowledge. Words like virtue and knowledge however was a little harder to define. They had some features identified as important but till today these words don"t have a definite definition. We look closer into definitions of even simpler words like game. Many concepts have multiple definitions and exceptions to the well known definition which makes it known that knowledge is not simple. We need a way to identify concepts by the similarities the categories have aka all dogs have thisas well as allowing the exceptions to the rule we propose.
