The Way We Think¶
Fauconnier, G., & Turner, M. (2002). The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities. Basic Books.
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Primes¶
- Conceptual Blending
- The "Buddhist monk" thought experiment analyzed by Fauconnier and Turner exemplifies how blending yields inferential structure absent from either input alone.
This sourceSUPPORTS markers 180 & 181 (the Buddhist-monk example and blending's inferential work beyond input/analogy) and 186 (T6: the claim that blending is foundational to 'almost all' human cognition — this is exactly the F&T thesis being characterized). Link is the archive.org copy.
- The "Buddhist monk" thought experiment analyzed by Fauconnier and Turner exemplifies how blending yields inferential structure absent from either input alone.
- Metaphor
- Modern approaches to metaphor further incorporate conceptual blending theory (Fauconnier & Turner 2002), which extends single-domain mappings to multi-domain compressions where novel emergent structure arises in the blend
This sourceThe canonical statement of conceptual blending theory; comprehensive coverage of integration networks, optimality principles, and applications across language, mathematics, science, and culture; extensively analyzes the Buddhist-monk and other canonical examples.
- Modern approaches to metaphor further incorporate conceptual blending theory (Fauconnier & Turner 2002), which extends single-domain mappings to multi-domain compressions where novel emergent structure arises in the blend
- Metaphor (Visual/Artistic)
- The production of new conceptual insight or emotional effect through visual juxtaposition or compositional relationship, a generative effect Fauconnier and Turner (2002) frame as conceptual blending
This sourceThe canonical statement of conceptual blending theory; comprehensive coverage of integration networks, optimality principles, and applications across language, mathematics, science, and culture; extensively analyzes the Buddhist-monk and other canonical examples.
- The production of new conceptual insight or emotional effect through visual juxtaposition or compositional relationship, a generative effect Fauconnier and Turner (2002) frame as conceptual blending
- Translation and Conceptual Bridging
- Blending creates novel conceptual structures, as Fauconnier and Turner (2002) detail in their account of conceptual integration networks; Translation preserves and transfers existing understanding from one system to another, necessarily with loss and distortion.
This sourceThe canonical statement of conceptual blending theory; comprehensive coverage of integration networks, optimality principles, and applications across language, mathematics, science, and culture; extensively analyzes the Buddhist-monk and other canonical examples.
- Blending creates novel conceptual structures, as Fauconnier and Turner (2002) detail in their account of conceptual integration networks; Translation preserves and transfers existing understanding from one system to another, necessarily with loss and distortion.
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