Conceptual Spaces in Object-Oriented Framework

• Authors: Gemel, Aleksander , Ishii, Tadao

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to show that the middle level of mental representations in a conceptual spaces framework is consistent with the OOP paradigm. We argue that conceptual spaces framework together with vague prototype theory of categorization appears to be the most suitable solution for modeling the cognitive apparatus of humans, and that the OOP paradigm can be easily and intuitively reconciled with this framework. First, we show that the prototypebased OOP approach is consistent with Gärdenfors’ model in terms of structural coherence. Second, we argue that the product of cloning process in a prototype-based model is in line with the structure of categories in Gärdenfors’ proposal. Finally, in order to make the fuzzy object-oriented model consistent with conceptual space, we demonstrate how to define membership function in a more cognitive manner, i.e. in terms of similarity to prototype.

Keywords

EN

Conceptual spaces; Object-oriented framework; prototype theory of categorization; vagueness; cognitive architecture; Przestrzenie pojęciowe; programowanie zorientowane obiektowo; prototypowa teoria kategoryzacji; nieostrość; architektura poznawcza

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny Hybris
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 35 (4)

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Gemel, Aleksander

author

Ishii, Tadao

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University of Łodz

other

Niigata University of Information & International Studies

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20333