Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought

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Keith J. Holyoak (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UCLA) Paul Thagard (Professor, University of Waterloo)

Mental Leaps

Analogy in Creative Thought

Keith J. Holyoak (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UCLA), Paul Thagard (Professor, University of Waterloo)

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MIT Press
31 January 1996

Philosophy: logic; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: MIT Press

Analogy-recalling familiar past situations to deal with novel ones-is a mental tool that everyone uses. Analogy 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. Keith Holyoak and Paul Thagard provide a unified, comprehensive account of the diverse operations and applications of analogy, including problem solving, decision making, explanation, and communication.

Holyoak and Thagard present their own theory of analogy, considering its implications for cognitive science in general, and survey examples from many other domains. These include animal cognition, developmental and social psychology, political science, philosophy, history of science, anthropology, and literature.

Understanding how we draw analogies is important for people interested in the evolution of thinking in animals and in children; for those whose focus is on either creative thinking or errors of everyday reasoning; for those concerned with how decisions are made in law, business, and politics; and for those striving to improve education. Mental Leaps covers all of this ground, emphasizing the principles that govern the use of analogy and keeping technical matters to a minimum.

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By: Keith J. Holyoak (Distinguished Professor of Psychology UCLA), Paul Thagard (Professor, University of Waterloo)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9780262581448
ISBN 10: 0262581442
Series: MIT Press
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 31 January 1996
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He is the author of The Cognitive Science of Science (MIT Press, 2012) and many other books.

Reviews for Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought

At once a contribution to the continuing scholarly debate on thenature of analogy and an accessible interdisciplinary overview forthe general reader of this central process of thinking andcommunication. David Lorimer, Times Higher Education Supplement