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Metaphor and Cognition: An Interactionist Approach

Metaphor and Cognition: An Interactionist Approach

Indurkhya, B.

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Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems, Book 13

PhilosophyLinguisticsGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 904814146X
ISBN13: 9789048141463
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 24 2010
Pages: 457
Weight: 1.47
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Many metaphors go beyond pionting to the existing similarities between two objects -- they create the similarities. Such metaphors, which have been relegated to the back seat in most of the cognitive science research, are the focus of attention in this study, which addresses the creation of similarity within an elaborately laid out interactive framework of cognition. Starting from the constructivist views of Nelson Goodman and Jean Piaget, this framework resolves an apparent paradox in interactionism: how can reality not have a mind-independent ontology and structure, but still manage to constrain the possible worlds a cognitive agent can create in it?
A comprehensive theory of metaphor is proposed in this framework that explains how metaphors can create similarities, and why such metaphors are an invaluable asset to cognition. The framework is then applied to related issues of analogical reasoning, induction, and computational modeling of creative metaphors.

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