Category Theory Quiz

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What is the common sense view about the features of category members?

  • All members of the category have equal status.
  • Categories have clear and well-defined boundaries.
  • There is a fixed set of necessary and sufficient conditions defining the membership to each category. (correct)
  • All non-members of the category have equal status.

What did William Labov's experiment with cups and vases demonstrate?

  • The context affects the way in which we categorize objects. (correct)
  • Categories have clear and well-defined boundaries.
  • There is a fixed set of necessary and sufficient conditions defining the membership to each category.
  • All members of the category have equal status.

What did Ludwig Wittgenstein's examination of the category 'game' reveal?

  • Not all games share common attributes. (correct)
  • All members of the category have equal status.
  • All necessary and sufficient features defining a category have equal status.
  • Categories have clear and well-defined boundaries.

What was the outcome of the experiment with cups and vases conducted by William Labov?

<p>The context affects the way in which we categorize objects. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ludwig Wittgenstein propose about the features of categories?

<p>Categories exhibit distributed partial and sectorial similarities rather than universal necessary and sufficient conditions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the common sense view hold about the features of category members?

<p>There are certain features that all the members of the category share (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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