The Structure of Concepts (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Frederick Hayes-Roth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332283349 ISBN 13: 9781332283347

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how ideas become mental tools you can use. This book explains a framework of systemic concepts that blends data and problem solving into a single view of thought. It shows how concepts guide both perception and action, from simple classifications to complex transformations.

Two short, focused sections frame a practical theory: a rule-based map of how inputs turn into outputs, and how environments shape which rules we apply. The result is a clear model you can use to understand learning, analogy, and the transfer of knowledge.

• Learn what a systemic concept is and how it combines data representation with problem-solving procedures.


• See how examples from experience anchor concepts and how different but related concepts can produce the same results.


• Discover how to compare diverse concepts by their inputs, operations, and contingencies.


• Explore potential applications in education, learning systems, and cognitive research.

Ideal for readers curious about how people think, learn, and solve problems, and for those interested in educational design and cognitive science.

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Excerpt from The Structure of Concepts

In these experiments Ss were asked to discover rules of discrimination which involved logical conditions among visual primitives in the stimulus set. The introduction of logical relations into concept attainment tasks reflected a belief in the general relevance of logical informational structures.

Each stimulus dimension was a priori semantically equivalent. Tasks focused on the identification of the exact logical rules for combining stimulus values to define a category. The concept to be acquired was a logical condition which would obtain (be true) for all items within a category and for no others. In contrast to the structure of Hull's task, visual perception.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332283349
• ISBN 13: 9781332283347
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 95