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Mental leaps : analogy in creative thought / Keith J. Holyoak and Paul Thagard.

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Mental leaps : analogy in creative thought / Keith J. Holyoak and Paul Thagard.

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Mental leaps : analogy in creative thought / Keith J. Holyoak and Paul Thagard.

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Full title

Mental leaps : analogy in creative thought / Keith J. Holyoak and Paul Thagard.

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995.

Call Numbers

N169/7

Record Identifier

74VKJGZoXQpb

MMS ID

991022234389702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xiii, 320 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. First Steps. A Bird's Backyard. Analogic. From Socrates to Velcro and Vietnam. Indirect Communication. Ripples in the Air. Creative Connections -- 2. Breaking Loose. Funes in Chains. From Reacting to Thinking. Similarity. Structure. Models. Purpose and Cause -- 3. The Analogical Ape. Sameness. Wh...

Great Scientific Analogies. Purposes. Cognitive Mechanisms. Social Sciences. Invention and Design. Educating Scientists. Lessons -- 9. The Web of Culture. The Japanese Tea Ceremony. Star Trek and the Hidden Paths. What Is Metaphor? The Analogical Basis. Metaphorical Extensions. Laughter and Love. An...

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Publisher

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995.

Place of Publication

Massachusetts

Date Published

c1995.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Full title

Mental leaps : analogy in creative thought / Keith J. Holyoak and Paul Thagard.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

"A Bradford book."

First paperback ed.: 1996.

ncludes index.

Bibliography: p. [293]-311.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c1995.

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Call Numbers

N169/7

Record Identifier

74VKJGZoXQpb

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJGZoXQpb

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ISBN

0262581442 (Pb)

9780262082334 (hbk)

0262082330 (hbk)

9780262581448 (pbk) :

0262581442 (pbk) :

9780262581448 (pbk.)

0262581442 (pbk.)

9780262082334

0262082330

9780262082334 (Hb)

0262082330 (Hb)

9780262581448 (Pb)

DDC

169

MMS ID

991022234389702626

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