人造物概念的表征:功能、意图和目的论的解释

Representation of Artifacts’ Concepts: Function, Intention, and Teleological Explanation

以概念结构研究从“相似”到“解释”的理论转向为背景,评述人造物领域的“意图-历史论”(Bloom,1996),提出人造物概念结构中自上而下的约束是来自“使用目的”而不是“设计意图”。分析近期报告的大量实验,最后提出人造物概念表征的“基于使用的目的论”的解释模式和人造物归类的双重目标模型。

This paper proposed that “using-goal” instead of “intended design” as the top-down constraints in representation of artifact concepts after reviewing intentional-historical theory (Bloom, 1996) of artifact concepts and its evidences reported recently. Basing on analysis on experiments reported recently, a using-based teleological explanatory mode for representation of artifact concepts and a dual-goal model for artifacts’ categorization were advanced.