Psychophysical and cognitive aspects of categorical perception
One of the most basic questions of cognitive science is: How do organisms sort the objects of the world into categories? The problem is very general, for an object can be any recurring class of experience, from a concrete entity such as a cat or a table to an abstract idea such as goodness or truth. (2000-03-12)
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