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Direct linkBonawitz, Elizabeth; Ullman, Tomer D.; Bridgers, Sophie; Gopnik, Alison; Tenenbaum, Joshua B. – Cognitive Science, 2019
Constructing an intuitive theory from data confronts learners with a "chicken-and-egg" problem: The laws can only be expressed in terms of the theory's core concepts, but these concepts are only meaningful in terms of the role they play in the theory's laws; how can a learner discover appropriate concepts and laws simultaneously, knowing…
Descriptors: Theories, Intuition, Magnets, Young Children
