Uncertainty is an intrinsic part of life; most events, affairs, and questions are uncertain. A key
problem in behavioral sciences is how the mind copes with uncertain information. Quantum …

Classical (Bayesian) probability (CP) theory has led to an influential research tradition for
modeling cognitive processes. Cognitive scientists have been trained to work with CP …

Concepts embody our knowledge of the kinds of things there are in the world. Tying our past
experiences to our present interactions with the environment, they enable us to recognize …

In Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development, Frank C. Keil provides a coherent account
of how concepts and word meanings develop in children, adding to our understanding of the …

Osherson and Smith (1981, Cognition, 11, 237–262) discuss a number of problems which
arise for a prototype-based account of the meanings of simple and complex concepts …

The broader scope of our investigations is the search for the way in which concepts and their
combinations carry and influence meaning and what this implies for human thought. More …

We analyze different aspects of our quantum modeling approach of human concepts and,
more specifically, focus on the quantum effects of contextuality, interference, entanglement …

This paper addresses theoretical problems arising from the vagueness of language terms,
and intuitions of the vagueness of the concepts to which they refer. It is argued that the …

This is a substantial revision of an innovative textbook designed for undergraduate courses
in cognitive psychology. It approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about …

In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of
compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived from its parts …