The traditional philosophical theory of concepts holding that every concept can be analyzed into necessary and sufficient conditions — features that all and only instances of the concept possess.
Provided a clean account of concept application and category membership; was the dominant theory from Plato through the early 20th century and was challenged by Wittgenstein's family resemblance and Eleanor Rosch's prototype theory.
No conceptual lineage found.
No recorded contemporaries.
No recorded minds influenced.
No conceptual posterity found.
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