… We found that changes to teleological properties had the strongest impact on categorization
… that teleological properties mattered more in an induction task. We suggest that teleological …

Certain “generic” generalizations concern functions and purposes, eg, cars are for driving.
Some functional properties yield unacceptable teleological generics: for instance, cars are for …

… that might be relevant (formal, causal, material, teleological).The psychological research on
generics supports such a link to explanation. For example, Prasada et al (2013) suggest that: …

… generics are normative if and only if they are teleological and thus part of the life of a living
kind. Any “free-standing” ACs outside of a teleological … must be a teleological system within …

… Overall, our findings suggest that teleological properties play a privileged role … generics
have for how we think about categories. For instance, in contrast to specific statements, generics …

… , less obviously teleological turns of phrase. That is, function ascriptions using familiar
teleological or purposive language can often be substituted for non-teleological forms of speech …

… is a naturalistic and realist account of biological teleology. It is used to analyse normativity
in … Proponents argue that this analysis of biological teleology has the unique advantage that …

I was led to the topic of generics by a comment my brother made during Christmas 2016. In
criticising a particular purchase his then-girlfriend had made, my brother, who was working in …

… generics with bare plural subjects (BP generics, like Dogs have four legs), but not generics
with indefinite singular subjects (IS generics… between IS and BP generics can be attributed to …

… approaches to generics and instead motivates the claim that generics give voice to an innate…
a purely cognition-based approach to generics. Instead, these acquisition puzzles should …