Found Sci DOI 10.1007/s10699-015-9422-2 Points of View: A Conceptual Space Approach Antti Hautamäki © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 Abstract Points of view are a central phenomenon in human cognition. Although the concept of point of view is ambiguous, there exist common elements in different notions. A point of view is a certain way to look at things around us. In conceptual points of view, things are looked at or interpreted through conceptual lenses. Conceptual points of view are important for epistemology, cognitive science, and philosophy of science. In this article, a new method to formalize conceptual points of view is introduced. It is based on the conceptual space approach, where concepts are regions of multi-dimensional quality spaces. Points of view, as defined in this article, consist of a selection of relevant dimensions, referred to here as determinables, and of a certain supposition, referred to here as a theory, about the subject content. After considering some early efforts to formalize points of view, the notion of conceptual space is defined and explored. One concept of point of view is defined and developed in the framework of conceptual space, and a new logic for points of view is also outlined. The problem of mind–body correlation is discussed as an example of the application of the notion of points of view. To conclude, the meaning and applications of the new concepts and tools developed in the article are discussed. Keywords Conceptual space · Points of view · Logic · Determinables 1 Introduction: Many Kinds of Points of View The term point of view is used in many different ways in everyday discussion. Literally taken, it refers to the seeing position from which an object or a scene is viewed. But the term is used also in a metaphorical sense. People say that somebody has his or her own point of view A. Hautamäki (B ) Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland e-mail: Antti.hautamaki@kolumbus.fi; Antti.e.hautamaki@jyu.fi A. Hautamäki The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Arts, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 3, 00041 Helsinki, Finland 123