Structure-mapping approach to analogy and metaphor
Conference
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OSTI ID:5293817
The structure-mapping theory of analogy describes a set of principles by which the interpretation of an analogy is derived from the meanings of its parts. These principles are characterized as implicit rules for mapping knowledge about a base domain into a target domain. Two important features of the theory are that the rules depend only on syntactic properties of the knowledge representation, and not on the specific content of the domains; and the theoretical framework allows analogies to be distinguished cleanly from literal similarity statements, applications of general laws, and other kinds of comparisons. Two mapping principles are described: relations between objects, rather than attributes of objects, are mapped from base to target; and the particular relations mapped are determined by systematicity, as defined by the existence of higher-order relations. 4 references.
- OSTI ID:
- 5293817
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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