[lit-ideas] Re: Dalton's Disease
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:17:25 +0900
On 10/16/07, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I believe it was Eleanor Rosch (Reed 1962) who formulated what's called
> Prototype Theory, in which it is argued, contrary to Frege's
> pronouncement in the Grundgesetze der Arithmetik that a 'concept'
> without sharp boundaries is not even a concept, that we learn concepts
> (and the application of general terms) from prototypical examples.
Yes, indeed. Lakoff also discusses Rosch's work and gives plenty of
credit where credit is due.
John
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