The Human Edge
Analogy and the Roots of Creative Intelligence
$192.84
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2025
Summary
What makes human cognition distinct from animal and artificial forms of intelligence—and how analogies play a crucial role in our unique abilities.
In The Human Edge, cognitive scientist, poet, and translator Keith Holyoak takes a fresh look at what makes human intelligence special. His focus is analogy—the ability to see relational similarities between things that on the surface seem unalike. The book brings together a half century of research in cognitive, comparative, and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262550901 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262550903 |
| Author: | Keith J. Holyoak |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Keith J. Holyoak
Keith J. Holyoak is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists, he is the author of several books in cognitive science, including The Spider’s Thread, as well as four volumes of poetry and a book of translated classical Chinese poetry.
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