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The human edge : analogy and the roots of creative intelligence / Keith J. Holyoak.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Holyoak, Keith James, 1950- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Intellect.
Analogy.
Intelligence.
analogy.
Medical Subjects:
Intelligence.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : The MIT Press, [2025]
Summary:
"An argument of the importance of analogical reasoning and how it makes human intelligence unique"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
What is analogy
Relations between things
What really matters
Thinking through analogy
Analogy in the brain
The analogy gap
Communicating with relations
Teaching with analogy
Computational models of analogy
The microstructure of semantic relations
Seeing relations and analogies
Massive analogy machines
The analogical spark
Summing up.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (MIT Press Direct, viewed December 12, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version: Holyoak, Keith James, 1950- Human edge
ISBN:
9780262381338
0262381338
9780262381321
026238132X
OCLC:
1433092678
Access Restriction:
Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access

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