arxivcs.CLcs.AI2026-07-05Cited by 5
Failures and Successes to Learn a Core Conceptual Distinction from the Statistics of Language
Zhimin Hu, Jeroen van Paridon, Gary Lupyan
Generic statements like "tigers are striped" and "cars have radios" communicate information that is, in general, true. However, while the first statement is true in principle, the second is true only statistically. People are exquisitely sensitive to this principled-vs-statistica…