Dedre Gentner

Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Psychology & Education


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Department of Psychology

Northwestern University



Reasoning and learning by analogy.


Journal article


D. Gentner, K. Holyoak
American Psychologist, 1997

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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.}
}

Abstract

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.


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