?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modal+Similarity+&rft.creator=Vigo+%2C+Dr.++Ronaldo+&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Just+as+Boolean+rules+define+Boolean+categories%2C+the+Boolean+operators+define+higher-order+Boolean+categories+referred+to+as+modal+categories.+We+examine+the+similarity+order+between+these+categories+and+the+standard+category+of+logical+identity+(i.e.+the+modal+category+defined+by+the+biconditional+or+equivalence+operator).+Our+goal+is+4-fold%3A+first%2C+to+introduce+a+similarity+measure+for+determining+this+similarity+order%3B+second%2C+to+show+that+such+a+measure+is+a+good+predictor+of+the+similarity+assessment+behaviour+observed+in+our+experiment+involving+key+modal+categories%3B+third%2C+to+argue+that+as+far+as+the+modal+categories+are+concerned%2C+configural+similarity+assessment+may+be+componential+or+analytical+in+nature%3B+and+lastly%2C+to+draw+attention+to+the+intimate+interplay+that+may+exist+between+deductive+judgments%2C+similarity+assessment+and+categorisation.&rft.publisher=Taylor+and+Francis+&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7957%2F1%2FVigo%2520%25282009a%2529.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vigo+%2C+Dr.+Ronaldo+++(2009)+Modal+Similarity.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7957%2F