Psychological Essentialism

Medin, D., & Ortony, A. (1989). Psychological Essentialism. Similarity and Analogical Reasoning.

Type

Book chapter

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1989

DOI

10.1017/cbo9780511529863.009

ISBN

9780521362955

Link

https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511529863.009

Cited from

philosophy

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Primes

• Essentialism
  • Psychological essentialism as cognitive default (Gelman, Medin): young children treat categories (especially animal and gender categories) as having hidden essences causing observable properties

    This sourceIntroduces psychological essentialism as the disposition to treat categories as having deep, hidden essences underlying observable features — supports the cognitive-disposition claim.

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