The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending And The Mind's Hidden ComplexitiesBasic Books, 18 mars 2003 - 440 pages In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition --the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way We Think is a landmark synthesis that exemplifies this new direction. The theory of conceptual blending is already widely known in laboratories throughout the world; this book is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner argue that all learning and all thinking consist of blends of metaphors based on simple bodily experiences. These blends are then themselves blended together into an increasingly rich structure that makes up our mental functioning in modern society. A child's entire development consists of learning and navigating these blends. The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, and concept of category; and the rules by which we use blends to understand ideas that are new to us. The result is a bold, exciting, and accessible new view of how the mind works. |
Table des matières
The Age of Form and the Age of Imagination | 3 |
MultipleS cope Creativity | 15 |
Constitutive and Governing Principles | 16 |
Form and Meaning | 17 |
The Way We Live | 18 |
17 | 39 |
HEIW BEINEEPTLIAL BLENDING | 169 |
Things 1 9 5 | 195 |
The Construction of the Unreal | 223 |
309 | 353 |
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The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending And The Mind's Hidden Complexities Gilles Fauconnier,Mark Turner Affichage d'extraits - 2002 |
The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending And The Mind's Hidden Complexities Gilles Fauconnier,Mark Turner Aucun aperçu disponible - 2008 |
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achieve action activity analogy basic blended space Buddhist Monk capacity causal cause and effect Cause-Effect Chapter character child cognitive Cognitive Linguistics complex numbers compression conceptual blending conceptual integration network connections construction counterfactual blend counterpart creative cross-space mapping crucial cultural death Debate with Kant decompression desktop Disanalogy domains double-scope blending Dracula elaborate elements Eliza effect emergent structure event evolution evolutionary example expression father find first fit global insight governing principles grammatical Grim Reaper human scale identity Image Club imaginative inner-space input spaces Intentionality involved Kanzi language linguistic look mapping scheme material anchor mathematical meaning megablend mental spaces metaphor method of loci mirror network multiple blend object office one’s operations organizing frame outer-space vital relations patterns Paul person prompt pronghorn ritual role run the blend scenario scientific single single-scope specific story theory things tion Toblerone topology trashcan Uniqueness