Analogy as the Core of Cognition
Analogy is central to cognition. This article explores the importance of analogy-making in human thought and the role of perception, language, and memory in the process.
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Analogy is closely linked with metaphor and, indeed, we may think of these two notions as interchangeable: both point out likenesses in particulars between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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This may also be so because, as some cognitive scientists contend, the core of human cognition is analogical.
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The goal is to find an analogous situation somewhere in your past or present experience. To succeed you must ponder the problem often but also do other things so the cortex will have the opportunity to find an analogous memory.