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Author: markturnerandgillesfauconnier
In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition — the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way … Way We Think is a landmark synthesis that exemplifies this new direction. The theory of conceptual blending is already widely known in laboratories throughout the world; this book is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner…