Similarity After Goodman.

Review of Philosophy and Psychology
Lieven Decock, Igor Douven

Abstract

In a famous critique, Goodman dismissed similarity as a slippery and both philosophically and scientifically useless notion. We revisit his critique in the light of important recent work on similarity in psychology and cognitive science. Specifically, we use Tversky's influential set-theoretic account of similarity as well as Gärdenfors's more recent resuscitation of the geometrical account to show that, while Goodman's critique contained valuable insights, it does not warrant a dismissal of similarity.

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Jan 19, 2016·Trends in Biotechnology·Claes Gustafsson, Jordi Vallverdú
Mar 5, 2016·Cognitive Science·Igor DouvenLieven Decock
Mar 21, 2016·Cognition·Igor Douven
May 14, 2014·Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice·Daniele Chiffi, Renzo Zanotti
May 13, 2015·Frontiers in Psychology·Igor Douven, Jonah N Schupbach
Oct 4, 2016·Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences·Lorenzo Baravalle, Davide Vecchi
Jan 22, 2019·Topics in Cognitive Science·Gerhard Schurz, Ralph Hertwig
Aug 22, 2017·Frontiers in Psychology·Stefano VinciniShaun Gallagher
Sep 27, 2018·Frontiers in Psychology·Lieven Decock
May 3, 2017··Ben ShneidermanNeil Spring

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