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Prototype-based categories: cognitive categories organized
Prototype-based categories: cognitive categories organized around central exemplars rather than strict definitional rules, where membership is graded from typical to atypical and categories are structured with a center that processes fastest and measures everything else against
Why This Is a Definition
This definition explicitly names the term 'prototype-based categories,' states its genus as 'cognitive categories,' and provides its differentia including 'organized around central exemplars rather than strict definitional rules,' 'membership is graded from typical to atypical,' and 'categories are structured with a center that processes fastest and measures everything else against.' It precisely distinguishes this from classical logic categories and establishes the semantic boundary of the term.