Structure-Mapping: A Theoretical Framework for Analogy.
Abstract
A theory of analogy must describe how the meaning of an analogy is derived from the meanings of its parts. In the structure-mapping theory, the interpretation rules are characterized as implicit rules for mapping knowledge about a base domain into a target domain. Two important features of the theory are (1) the rules depend only on syntactic properties of the knowledge representation, and not on the specific content of the domains; and (2) the theoretical framework allows analogies to be distinguished cleanly from literal similarity statements, applications of general laws, and other kinds of comparisons.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA122891
Entities
People
- Dedre Gentner
Organizations
- BBN Technologies