#112: Thinking Categorically with Greg Murphy

Greg Murphy studies the psychology of concepts. How do we use language to understand things, and how do we sort the world into categories? In our conversation, we consider what makes a category, why we love them, and where they steer us wrong.Dr. Murphy released a book on this topic a few years ago: Categories We Live ByHow We Classify Everyone and EverythingJoin me over at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OpinionScienceLearn more about Opinion Science and catch up on all the episodes at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/.