Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Examination of the systemic properties and forms of interaction that characterize classification and categorization reveals fundamental syn-tactic differences between the structure of classification systems and the structure of categorization systems. These distinctions lead to meaningful differences in the contexts within which information can be apprehended and influence the semantic information available to the individual. Struc-tural and semantic differences between classification and categorization are differences that make a difference in the information environment by in-fluencing the functional activities of an information system and by contrib-uting to its constitution as an information environment.
Author: Elin K. Jacob
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2144484833