The Analogical Mind | Perspectives from Cognitive Science

Keith J. Holyoak (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0262571390 / ISBN 13: 9780262571395

Published by MIT Press, 2001

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The Analogical Mind | Perspectives from Cognitive Science | Keith J. Holyoak (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2001 | MIT Press | EAN 9780262571395 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Analogical Mind | Perspectives from Cognitive Science
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262571390
• ISBN 13: 9780262571395
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 30D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 792 grams
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Synopsis

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.

Contributors
Miriam Bassok, Consuelo B. Boronat, Brian Bowdle, Fintan Costello, Kevin Dunbar, Gilles Fauconnier, Kenneth D. Forbus, Dedre Gentner, Usha Goswami, Brett Gray, Graeme S. Halford, Douglas Hofstadter, Keith J. Holyoak, John E. Hummel, Mark T. Keane, Boicho N. Kokinov, Arthur B. Markman, C. Page Moreau, David L. Oden, Alexander A. Petrov, Steven Phillips, David Premack, Cameron Shelley, Paul Thagard, Roger K.R. Thompson, William H. Wilson, Phillip Wolff

About the Author

Dedre Gentner is Professor of Psychology and Education and Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Northwestern University.

Keith J. Holyoak, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, is a psychologist and poet. He is the coauthor or editor of a number of books on cognitive psychology and has published three volumes of poetry.