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Metaphor and Cognition

An Interactionist Approach

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Bipin Indurkhya

    1. Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Cognitive Systems (COGS, volume 13)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Prologue

    1. Prologue

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Problem

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Characterizing Metaphor

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 13-37

    3. Enter Similarity-Creating Metaphors

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 39-64

    4. Approaches to Similarity-Creating Metaphors

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 65-91

    5. Cognition as Interaction

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 93-128

  4. A Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. An Interactionist Approach to Cognition: Informal Overview

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 131-188

    3. An Interactionist Approach to Cognition: Formal Concepts

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 189-243

    4. An Interaction Theory of Metaphor

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 245-281

  5. The Implications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Some Metaphor-Related Issues

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 285-314

    3. On Predictive Analogy and Induction

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 315-356

    4. On Computational Approaches to Metaphor and Analogy

      • Bipin Indurkhya
      Pages 357-409

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 411-457
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, USA

    Bipin Indurkhya

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metaphor and Cognition

  • Book Subtitle: An Interactionist Approach

  • Authors: Bipin Indurkhya

  • Series Title: Studies in Cognitive Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2252-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1687-9Published: 30 April 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4146-3Published: 24 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2252-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-0780

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 457

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Semantics, Philosophy of Language

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