Abstract
According to the theory-based approach to categorization, explanatory knowledge plays a critical role in supporting categorization decisions. This paper presents and tests a version of this view—the Explanation-Mapping hypothesis—that integrates explanation with a model of the structure-sensitive comparison processes that may underlie theory-based categorization decisions. Two experiments test the hypothesis that processes underlying analogy—specifically, structural alignment—also underlie explanation-based categorization decisions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Analogy |
| Editors | Boicho Kokinov, Keith Holyoak, Dedre Gentner |
| Publisher | NBU Press |
| Pages | 222-228 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-954-535-580-6 |
| State | Published - 2009 |