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Concept

A concept is a fundamental unit of cognition that classifies entities and encodes shared features. Concepts make it possible to form and combine ideas, draw inferences, and refer to external objects. They act as the meanings of words and play a central role in many cognitive processes, including perception, memory, and reasoning. Researchers distinguish…

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Concept

Nodes239
Edges238
Triples143
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008368
Components1

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Concept

Top relations

related to Learning mechanisms and situations · 18
Concept → Another, As, Associative, Concepts, Feedback, Hypothesis, In, Increased, Inference, Observational, Other, Quinean, Semisupervised, Several, Supervision, The, They, This
related to history · 15
Concept → Abhidharma, Aristotle, BCE, Buddhist, Chinese, For, Greek, He, His, In, In Hindu, Nyaya, Plato, Research, The
related to Definition and central features · 11
Concept → Concepts, For, Mars, New York, Paris, Philosophers, The, Their, There, They, Tokyo
related to Roles · 11
Concept → Categorization, Concepts, Correct, For, If, It, Once, Similarly, These, They, When
related to Types · 11
Concept → Academic, Another, Complex, For, In, Innate, Learned, Several, Simple, Some, They
related to Children, animals, and artificial intelligence · 10
Concept → An, For, Jean Piaget, Limitations, Mastering, More, Researchers, The, There, This
related to Others · 10
Concept → According, Eliminativism, Empiricism, For, However, Instead, John Locke's, Nativism, One, This
related to Philosophy · 9
Concept → Because, Concepts, For, It, Others, Philosophers, Some, This, To
related to Other fields · 8
Concept → Among, Cognitive, Neuroscientists, Researchers, Suggested Upper Merged Ontology, The, They, To
related to Linguistics · 7
Concept → Cognitive, Concepts, Going, It, Lexical, The, Whorfian

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Important terminology

concepts learning entities conceptual example features theory ideas also experience theories form cognitive abstract different new whether philosophy many rules

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Conceptis afundamental unit of cognition that classifies entities and encodes shared features0.90text
Conceptis aset of all entities to which it refers0.90text
Conceptis asmall theory0.90text
Conceptis aconcise framework of how to run a business0.90text
having feathersinstance ofthe prototype bird includes features0.80text
having a beakinstance ofthe prototype bird includes features0.80text
having wingsinstance ofthe prototype bird includes features0.80text
and being able to flyinstance ofthe prototype bird includes features0.80text
having gray hairinstance ofand prototypical features0.80text
wrinkled skin are not reliable indicators of membershipinstance ofand prototypical features0.80text
Conceptrelated to Children, animals, and artificial intelligenceThe0.60section
Conceptrelated to Children, animals, and artificial intelligenceMastering0.60section

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