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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Second, you need to let your mind wander. You need to give your brain the time and space to discover the solution. Finding a solution to a problem is literally finding a pattern in the world, or a stored pattern in your cortex that is analogous to the problem you are working on.
Sandra Blakeslee • On Intelligence
Translating one domain into another, finding the analogy that snugly fits both, and highlighting the appropriate concepts is a profoundly creative process.
Chaim Gingold • Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine (Game Histories)
Deep analogical thinking is the practice of recognizing conceptual similarities in multiple domains or scenarios that may seem to have little in common on the surface. It is a powerful tool for solving wicked problems, and Kepler was an analogy addict, so Gentner