The Way We Think by Gilles Fauconnier

The Way We Think by Gilles Fauconnier

A long-awaited synthesis that marks a major turning point in cognitive science. . Until recently, cognitive science focused on such mental functions as problem solving, grammar, and pattern-the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers: we invent new meanings, imagine wildly, and even have ideas that have never existed before. Today the cutting edge of cognitive science addresses precisely these mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way We Think is a landmark analysis of the imaginative nature of the mind. Conceptual blending is already widely known in research laboratories throughout the world; this book, written to be accessible to both lay readers and interested scientists, is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner show that conceptual blending is the root of the cognitively modern human mind, and that conceptual blends themselves are continually combined and reblended to create the rich mental fabric in which we live. The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, culture, and invention; and how we imagine what could be and what might have been. The result is a bold and exciting new view of how the mind works.

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

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ISBN 13	9780465087853
ISBN 10	046508785X
Title	The Way We Think
Author	Gilles Fauconnier
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Basic Books
Year published	2002-04-03
Number of pages	464
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