{"product_id":"reasoning-with-concepts-peter-gzordenfors-9780262053402","title":"Reasoning with Concepts: Conceptual Spaces as a Framework","description":"\u003cb\u003eA unified treatment of different types of reasoning with concepts, such as category-based induction, nonmonotonic reasoning, analogies, and generics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePsychologists and philosophers have worked on topics such as category-based induction, nonmonotonic reasoning, analogies, and generics, but these problems have largely been investigated independently. In \u003ci\u003eReasoning with Concepts\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Gärdenfors and Matías Osta-Vélez bring them all together by presenting models built on the theory of conceptual spaces. This theory offers a rich framework for modeling many aspects of the structure of concepts. In particular, it allows the definition of measures for similarity, typicality, diagnosticity, and coherence of concepts, notions long employed informally by psychologists and philosophers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile probabilistic models exist for some of these notions, no comprehensive formal framework has previously encompassed them all. The proposed measures here, based on distances in conceptual space and prototypes, generate novel testable predictions while unifying previously disparate theoretical territories. Furthermore, the models can be implemented in artificial systems that deal with different forms of reasoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Gärdenfors,Matias Osta-Velez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262053403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262053402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Peter Gärdenfors","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446938448127,"sku":"9780262053402","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42ded671-32c0-4030-b7ef-4a572ac21cfd.jpg?v=1777227730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reasoning-with-concepts-peter-gzordenfors-9780262053402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}