Distinction: Phenomenal - Psychological and Scientific interpretations

"In order to separate different uses of quality dimensions it is important to introduce a distinction between a phenomenal (or psychological) and a scientific interpretation. The phenomenal interpretation concerns the cognitive structures (perceptions, memories, etc.) of humans or other organisms. The scientific interpretation, on the other hand, treats dimensions as a part of a scientific theory." Gärdenfors (2004).

SELF - individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group - POPULATION

Phenomenal (or psychological)	Scientific

Gärdenfors, P. (2014) Conceptual Spaces as a Framework for Knowledge Representation, Mind and Matter, Vol. 2(2), p. 14.