Causal essentialism in kinds

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1113-1130

  Ahn, Woo kyoung ^a   Taylor, Eric G ^a   Kato, Daniel ^b   Marsh, Jessecae K ^c   Bloom, Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Essentialism

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSALITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84878629403     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.730533     Document Type: Article

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