An exemplar is a person, a place, an object, or some other entity that serves as a predominant example of a given concept (e.g. "The heroine became an ''exemplar'' in courage to the children"). It may also refer to: * Exemplar, a well-known science problem and its solution, from Thomas Kuhn's ''

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'' (1962; second edition 1970; third edition 1996; fourth edition 2012) is a book about the history of science by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn. Its publication was a landmark event in the history, philosophy ...

'' * ''Exemplar'', the first name for the ship USS ''Dorothea L. Dix'' (AP-67) * Exemplar, in

exemplification theory Exemplification theory is a theory that states that an event is the exemplification of a property in an entity. This identity is often modeled as an "ordered triple" of an entity, property type, and time. Overview Much of exemplification theory is ...

, an illustrative representation of information or an event * Exemplar, a series of parallel-computing machines introduced in 1994 by

Convex Computer Convex Computer Corporation was a company that developed, manufactured and marketed Vector processor, vector minisupercomputers and supercomputers for small-to-medium-sized businesses. Their later Exemplar series of parallel computing machines wer ...

* Exemplar (art history), an image or version upon which secondary or subsequent versions are dependent *

Exemplar (textual criticism) In textual criticism, an exemplar is the text used to produce another text. In the study of the history of a text an especially important exemplar is that which precedes any split in the tradition of that text, that is, before significant textual v ...

, the text used to produce another version of the text *

Handwriting exemplar A handwriting exemplar is a piece of writing that can be examined forensically, as in a handwriting comparison. The use of an exemplar is especially important to questioned document examination. History Use Handwriting exemplars are used by a do ...

, a writing sample that can be examined forensically *

Exemplar theory Exemplar theory is a proposal concerning the way humans categorize objects and ideas in psychology. It argues that individuals make category judgments by comparing new stimuli with instances already stored in memory. The instance stored in memory ...

, in psychology, a theory about how humans categorize objects and ideas *

Exemplars (comics) The Exemplars is a fictional group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It was made up of eight humans - Bedlam, Carnivore, Conquest, Decay, Inferno, Juggernaut (comics), Juggernaut, Stonecutter, and Tempest - who were ...

, a fictional group of eight humans in the Marvel Comics universe * ''

Exemplars of Evil ''Exemplars of Evil'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game written by Robert J. Schwalb. Contents ''Exemplars of Evil'' is an accessory that shows how to build memorable villains for ''Dungeons & Dr ...

'', an accessory to the 3.5 edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' that shows how to build memorable villains * ''

The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars ''The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars'', also translated as ''The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety'' (), is a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing ()() Wang, Qi (). ''Xu Wenxian Tongkao'' () vol. 71. during the Yuan dyn ...

'', a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing during the Yuan dynasty

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