The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending And The Mind's Hidden ComplexitiesBasic Books, 3 avr. 2002 - 464 pages Until recently, cognitive science focused on such mental functions as problem solving, grammar, and pattern-the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers: we invent new meanings, imagine wildly, and even have ideas that have never existed before. Today the cutting edge of cognitive science addresses precisely these mysterious, creative aspects of the mind.The Way We Think is a landmark analysis of the imaginative nature of the mind. Conceptual blending is already widely known in research laboratories throughout the world; this book, written to be accessible to both lay readers and interested scientists, is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner show that conceptual blending is the root of the cognitively modern human mind, and that conceptual blends themselves are continually combined and reblended to create the rich mental fabric in which we live.The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, culture, and invention; and how we imagine what could be and what might have been. The result is a bold and exciting new view of how the mind works. |
Table des matières
Notes | 3 |
Further Important Work on Conceptual Blending | 415 |
Index | 423 |
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achieve action activity analogy basic blended space brain 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 double-scope network elaborate elements Eliza effect emergent structure event evolution evolutionary example expression father global insight governing principles grammatical Grim Reaper human scale identity Image Club imaginative inner-space input spaces intentionality involved Kanzi land yacht linguistic look manipulation mapping scheme material anchor mathematical meaning megablend mental spaces metaphor method of loci mirror network motion multiple blend noun object open-ended connector operations organizing frame outer-space vital relations pattern Paul person prompt pronghorn ritual role Sally scenario single single-scope social specific story theory things tion Toblerone topology Uniqueness words