Hypothesis formation and testing in the acquisition of representationally simple concepts

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 227-247

  Oved, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Concept acquisition; Concepts; Explanation; Hypothesis formation and testing; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943588842     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-014-0291-2     Document Type: Article

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