Why essences are essential in the psychology of concepts

Woo kyoung Ahn; Charles Kalish; Susan A. Gelman; Douglas L. Medin; Christian Luhmann; Scott Atran; John D. Coley; Patrick Shafto

doi:10.1016/S0010-0277(01)00145-7

Why essences are essential in the psychology of concepts

Woo kyoung Ahn^*, Charles Kalish, Susan A. Gelman, Douglas L. Medin, Christian Luhmann, Scott Atran, John D. Coley, Patrick Shafto

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	59-69
Number of pages	11
Journal	Cognition
Volume	82
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-0277(01)00145-7
State	Published - 2001

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This research was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health Grant (RO1 MH57737) given to Woo-kyoung Ahn, NICHD R01 HD37520 given to Charles Kalish, NICHD grant (HD36043) given to Susan Gelman, and NSF grant (BCS 9983260) given to Douglas Medin.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Linguistics and Language
Cognitive Neuroscience

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