?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Toward+an+Ecological+Theory+of+Concepts&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Dr.++Liane+M.+&rft.creator=Rosch%2C+Dr.++Eleanor&rft.creator=Aerts%2C+Dr.++Diederik&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Ecology&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Psychology+has+had+difficulty+accounting+for+the+creative%2C+context-sensitive+manner+in+which+concepts+are+used.+We+believe+this+stems+from+the+view+of+concepts+as+identifiers+rather+than+bridges+between+mind+and+world+that+participate+in+the+generation+of+meaning.+This+paper+summarizes+the+history+and+current+status+of+concepts+research%2C+and+provides+a+non-technical+summary+of+work+toward+an+ecological+approach+to+concepts.+We+outline+the+rationale+for+applying+generalizations+of+formalisms+originally+developed+for+use+in+quantum+mechanics+to+the+modeling+of+concepts%2C+showing+how+it+is+because+of+the+role+of+context+that+deep+structural+similarities+exist+between+the+two.+A+concept+is+defined+not+just+in+terms+of+exemplary+states+and+their+features+or+properties%2C+but+also+by+the+relational+structures+of+these+properties%2C+and+their+susceptibility+to+change+under+different+contexts.+The+approach+implies+a+view+of+mind+in+which+the+union+of+perception+and+environment+drives+conceptualization%2C+forging+a+web+of+conceptual+relations+or+%E2%80%98ecology+of+mind%E2%80%99.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5957%2F1%2Ftetc.htm&rft.identifier=++Gabora%2C+Dr.+Liane+M.++and+Rosch%2C+Dr.+Eleanor+and+Aerts%2C+Dr.+Diederik++(2008)+Toward+an+Ecological+Theory+of+Concepts.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5957%2F