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COST Action A31: Stability and adaptation of classification systems in a cross-cultural perspective

The project was a COST Action running between 2006 and 2010. Its main objective was to gain a deeper understanding of human categorisation as reflected in different types of classification systems. More specifically, the project investigated the following aspects of classification systems :

  • Types of classification systems and their main distinctive features
  • Universal as well as culture/context dependent features of classification systems
  • Domain specificity and internal domain structure
  • Comparative development of classification systems
  • Interrelation between stabilization and adaptative potential
  • Relation between individual level and cultural level categories.[1]

 

Project home page: http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/isch/Actions/A31

 

[1] COST A31 Memorandum of Understanding, available at: http://w3.cost.eu/fileadmin/domain_files/ISCH/Action_A31/mou/A31-e.pdf