‘The Psychology of Abstraction DAVID KELLEY and JANET KRUEGER iphical sue. How is it that neepts, such as DOG or HUMAN, that ypes of things, and to lar instances, and by which abstract words could come particulars. More generally, the problem of concepts c of the problem of universal, represent classes was seen as the epi has ati really a complex development into a form Js became atopic for semantics and philosophy thout the structure of concept, and the proves of acquiring them, were assigned tome fruit. Paych underlying issues about fact, which Locke and the with, Our goal in this paper is to demonstrate that The argument, if it succeeds, will show that the ical analysis is con- en assumed, ry, we set the stage by reviewing some of the s, and sketching the theoretical options offered by cog-| 44 David Key and Janet Kroeger The Psychology of Abstraction 45 ‘ALITY AND THE CLASSIC 197; Rosch, VOLKSWAGON, (46 David Kelley and Janet Krueger The Paychology of Abstraction 47