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American Psychologist, 1997
Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Psychology & Education
(847)467-1272
Department of Psychology
Northwestern University
APA
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Gentner, D., & Holyoak, K. (1997). Reasoning and learning by analogy. American Psychologist.
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Gentner, D., and K. Holyoak. “Reasoning and Learning by Analogy.” American Psychologist (1997).
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Gentner, D., and K. Holyoak. “Reasoning and Learning by Analogy.” American Psychologist, 1997.
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@article{d1997a,
title = {Reasoning and learning by analogy.},
year = {1997},
journal = {American Psychologist},
author = {Gentner, D. and Holyoak, K.}
}
Analogy is a powerful cognitive mechanism that people use to make inferences and learn new abstractions. The history of work on analogy in modern cognitive science is sketched, focusing on contributions from cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy of science. This review sets the stage for the 3 articles that follow in this Science Watch section.