A category theory perspective on compositionality and (the development of) cognitive capacity

Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3223-3228

  Phillips, Steven ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

category theory; cognitive capacity; compositionality; product; similarity; systematicity; universal construction

Indexed keywords

CATEGORY THEORY; CO-OCCURRENCE; COGNITIVE CAPACITY; COMPOSITIONALITY; HUMAN COGNITION; PRODUCT; PROPERTY; SIMILARITY; SYSTEMATICITY; UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTIONS;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 84982214333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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