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Bipin Indurkhya - Metaphor and Cognition - 9780792316879 - V9780792316879
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Metaphor and Cognition

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Description for Metaphor and Cognition Hardback. Proposes a comprehensive theory of metaphor. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 457 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 851.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
457
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Cognitive Systems
Number of Pages
457
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792316879
SKU
V9780792316879
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