Mental leaps
analogy in creative thought
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Contributions
- Thagard, Paul. - Contributor
Publication
1995 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1098050M
- ISBN-100262082330
- OCLC Control Number30919140
- OCLC Control Numbermentalleapsanalo00holy
- Library of Congress Control Number94022734
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- LibraryThing770431
- Goodreads3287788
Classifications
- DDC169
- LCCBD190 .H65 1995
Description
"Analogy - recalling familiar past situations to deal with novel ones - can provide invaluable creative insights, but it can also lead to dangerous errors. In Mental Leaps, two leading cognitive scientists show how analogy works and how it can be used most effectively." --Cover.
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