Synopsis
Analogy-Making as Perception is based on the premise that analogy-making is fundamentally a high-level perceptual process in which the interaction of perception and concepts gives rise to "conceptual slippages" which allow analogies to be made.
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Based on the premise that analogy-making is fundamentally a high-level perceptual process in which the interaction of perception and concepts gives rise to "conceptual slippages" that allow analogies to be made, Mitchell describes Copycat--a computer model of analogy-making, developed by the author with Douglas Hofstadler, that models the complex, subconscious interaction between perception and concepts that underlies the creation of analogies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)