Walter, >Vygotsky 'Thought and Language' - 'everyday' concepts and 'scientific >concepts' >Piaget and Inhelder 'Early Growth of Logic'
I thought most of Piaget's theories had been shown to be pure speculation and not supported by experimental evidence? >Eleanor Rosch - see ><http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Foundations.Cognition/0058.html>http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Foundations.Cognition/0058.html The person who kick started the field. >Lakoff - metaphorical approach Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind >Hutchins - Distributed Cognition >Fauconnier and Turner - conceptual blends. I will continue my recent theme of going against the grain by saying that this book is overrated. >Any other major lines I should look at? Category learning. The definitive book is: The Big Book of Concepts by Gregory L. Murphy It's all there, but it would help if you knew had read something about the category learning first (the material could have been better organised and a few more diagrams would have helped). derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([email protected]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
