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9780465087860

The Way We Think Conceptual Blending And The Mind's Hidden Complexities

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    9780465087860

  • ISBN10:

    0465087868

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-03-18
  • Publisher: BASIC BOOKS
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Summary

The Way We Think is a dazzling tour of the complexities of human imagination.--George Lakoff, co-author of Philosophy in the Flesh and Where Mathematics Comes From.

Author Biography

Gilles Fauconnier is Professor and Chairman of the Cognitive Science Department at the University of California, San Diego. Mark Turner is Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Gilles Fauconnier is Professor and Chairman of the Cognitive Science Department at the University of California, San Diego. Mark Turner is Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Overview by Chapter xi
PART ONE: THE NETWORK MODEL
The Age of Form and the Age of Imagination
3(14)
The Tip of the Iceberg
17(22)
The Elements of Blending
39(20)
On the Way to Deeper Matters
59(16)
Cause and Effect
75(14)
Vital Relations and Their Compressions
89(24)
Compressions and Clashes
113(26)
Continuity Behind Diversity
139(32)
PART TWO: HOW CONCEPTUAL BLENDING MAKES HUMAN BEINGS WHAT THEY ARE, FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE
The Origin of Language
171(24)
Things
195(22)
The Construction of the Unreal
217(32)
Identity and Character
249(20)
Category Metamorphosis
269(10)
Multiple Blends
279(20)
Multiple-Scope Creativity
299(10)
Constitutive and Governing Principles
309(44)
Form and Meaning
353(36)
The Way We Live
389(8)
Notes 397(8)
References 405(10)
Further Important Work on Conceptual Blending 415(8)
Index 423

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