Contributions

  • Dedre Gentner (Editor) - Contributor
  • Keith J. Holyoak (Editor) - Contributor
  • Boicho N. Kokinov (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2001-02-19 - MIT Press

Language

English

Word Count

130,000 words, Guess

Page Count

520 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL9672288M
  • ISBN-139780262072069
  • ISBN-100262072068
  • OCLC Control Number44518245
  • Library of Congress Control Number00057889
and 2 more
  • LibraryThing741542
  • Goodreads4230008

Classifications

  • LCCBF458.A53 2001
  • LCCBF458 .A53 2001

Description

Analogy has been the focus of extensive research in cognitive science over the past two decades. Through analogy, novel situations and problems can be understood in terms of familiar ones. Indeed, a case can be made for analogical processing as the very core of cognition. This is the first book to span the full range of disciplines concerned with analogy. Its contributors represent cognitive, developmental, and comparative psychology; neuroscience; artificial intelligence; linguistics; and philosophy. The book is divided into three parts. The first part describes computational models of analogy as well as their relation to computational models of other cognitive processes. The second part addresses the role of analogy in a wide range of cognitive tasks, such as forming complex cognitive structures, conveying emotion, making decisions, and solving problems. The third part looks at the development of analogy in children and the possible use of analogy in nonhuman primates.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Analogical Mind: Perspectives from Cognitive ScienceHardcoverMIT Press2001-02-19

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