Analogical Reasoning: Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy

In the last few years, there has been an enormous amount of activity in the study of analogy and metaphor. This is partly because of an interest of artificial intelligence researchers in simulating learning processes using analogy. It also arises from critical examinations of standard theories in the philosophy of language, with their inbuilt literal/metaphoric distinction. This volume consists of recent previously unpublished work in this area, with a particular emphasis upon the role of a...