Way We Think Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities

Name: Way We Think Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities
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ISBN: 9780465087860

ISBN-10: 0465087868

ISBN-13: 9780465087860

Edition: 2003

Authors: Gilles Fauconnier, Mark Turner, Mark Turner

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Fauconnier and Turner show that conceptual blending is the root of the cognitively modern human mind, and that conceptual blends themselves are continually combined and reblended to create the rich mental fabric in which we live.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 3/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Overview by Chapter



The Network Model



The Age of Form and the Age of Imagination



The Tip of the Iceberg



The Elements of Blending



On the Way to Deeper Matters



Cause and Effect



Vital Relations and Their Compressions



Compressions and Clashes



Continuity Behind Diversity



How Conceptual Blending Makes Human Beings what they are, for Better and for Worse



The Origin of Language



Things



The Construction of the Unreal



Identity and Character



Category Metamorphosis



Multiple Blends



Multiple-Scope Creativity



Constitutive and Governing Principles



Form and Meaning



The Way We Live


Notes


References


Further Important Work on Conceptual Blending


Index