I think that’s meant to encompass the sort of “necessary and sufficient” rules-based reasoning that was originally associated with concepts-in-general. Whereas prototypes and exemplars denote fuzzy categories, theories are usually more straightforward.
At least, that’s how I read it. Certainly, I would say that some human reasoning is of that form.
I think that’s meant to encompass the sort of “necessary and sufficient” rules-based reasoning that was originally associated with concepts-in-general. Whereas prototypes and exemplars denote fuzzy categories, theories are usually more straightforward.
At least, that’s how I read it. Certainly, I would say that some human reasoning is of that form.