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Creativity, simulation, and conceptualization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

Gilles Fauconnier
Gilles Fauconnier
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 gfauconnier@ucsd.edu
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Abstract

Understanding the role of simulation in conceptualization has become a priority for cognitive science. Barsalou makes a valuable contribution in that direction. The present commentary points to theoretical issues that need to be refined and elaborated in order to account for key aspects of meaning construction, such as negation, counterfactuals, quantification or analogy. Backstage cognition, with its elaborate bindings, blendings, and mappings, is more complex than Barsalou's discussion might suggest. Language does not directly carry meaning, but rather serves, along with countless other situational elements, as a powerful instrument for prompting its construction

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 615
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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