PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Exemplar Theory, Prototype Theory, Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Psyb57 chapter 8: concepts and generic knowledge. Even simple terms, terms denoting concepts we use easily and often, resist being defined, we can come up with what seems to be a plausible definition, but then it"s easy to find exceptions to it. Wittgenstein proposed that members of a category have a family resemblance to each other. There are common features, but the identity of those common features depends on what. Subgroup of the family you are considering (ex. Hair color shared by family, eye color shared by family) Just as the example with the dog and game , there may be no features that are shared by all dogs or games, just as there are no features shared by everyone in a family, We can identify characteristic features for each category which many of the family members have and the more of these features an object has, the more likely you are to believe it is in the category.
