creators_name: Holyoak, Keith J.
creators_name: Thagard, P.
type: journalp
datestamp: 1998-05-08
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:10
metadata_visibility: show
title: The Analogical Mind
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: phil-sci
full_text_status: public
abstract: We examine the use of analogy in human thinking from the perspective of a multiconstraint theory, which postulates three basic types of constraints: similarity, structure and purpose. The operation of these constraints is apparent in both laboratory experiments on analogy and in naturalistic settings, including politics, psychotherapy, and scientific research. We sketch how the multiconstraint theory can be implemented in detailed computational simulations of the analogical human mind.
date: 1997
date_type: published
publication: American Psychologist
volume: 52
number: 1
pagerange: 35-44
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Holyoak, Keith J. and Thagard, P.  (1997) The Analogical Mind.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/658/1/Analog_mind.html