naa a22 4500 510783902 CHVBK 20180411083256.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13164-013-0142-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13164-013-0142-7 Gelman Susan Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church St., 48109-1043, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut Artifacts and Essentialism [Elektronische Daten] [Susan Gelman] Psychological essentialism is an intuitive folk belief positing that certain categories have a non-obvious inner "essence” that gives rise to observable features. Although this belief most commonly characterizes natural kind categories, I argue that psychological essentialism can also be extended in important ways to artifact concepts. Specifically, concepts of individual artifacts include the non-obvious feature of object history, which is evident when making judgments regarding authenticity and ownership. Classic examples include famous works of art (e.g., the Mona Lisa is authentic because of its provenance), but ordinary artifacts likewise receive value from their history (e.g., a worn and tattered blanket may have special value if it was one's childhood possession). Moreover, in some cases, object history may be thought to have causal effects on individual artifacts, much as an animal essence has causal effects. I review empirical support for these claims and consider the implications for both artifact concepts and essentialism. This perspective suggests that artifact concepts cannot be contained in a theoretical framework that focuses exclusively on similarity or even function. Furthermore, although there are significant differences between essentialism of natural kinds and essentialism of artifact individuals, the commonalities suggest that psychological essentialism may not derive from folk biology but instead may reflect more domain-general perspectives on the world. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Review of Philosophy and Psychology Springer Netherlands 4/3(2013-09-01), 449-463 1878-5158 4:3<449 2013 4 13164 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-013-0142-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-013-0142-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gelman Susan Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church St., 48109-1043, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Review of Philosophy and Psychology Springer Netherlands 4/3(2013-09-01), 449-463 1878-5158 4:3<449 2013 4 13164 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer