Category: A category is a collection of instances which are treated as if they were the same.
Concept: A concept refers to all the knowledge that one has about a category.
a b c d
(a)(b)(c)(d), (ab)(c)(d), (a)(bc)(d), (a)(b)(cd), (a)(bd)(c), (abc)(d),
(a)(bcd), (acd)(b), (abd)(c), (ab)(cd), (ad)(bd), (ac)(bd), (abcd)
10 Objects
100,000 possible groupings
What is this?
Bird
Animal
Winged thing
Flying thing
Animal that lays eggs
Two legged animal
Not a library book
Bird or piece of cheese
ETC.
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