REASONING AND LEARNING BY ANALOGY - INTRODUCTION

Authors
GENTNER D HOLYOAK KJ
Citation
D. Gentner et Kj. Holyoak, REASONING AND LEARNING BY ANALOGY - INTRODUCTION, The American psychologist, 52(1), 1997, pp. 32-34
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
The American psychologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003066X
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
32 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-066X(1997)52:1<32:RALBA->2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Analogy is a powerful cognitive mechanism that people use to make infe rences and learn new abstractions. The history of work on analogy in m odern cognitive science is sketched, focusing on contributions from co gnitive psychology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy of science . This review sets the stage for the 3 articles that follow in this Sc ience Watch section.