Gentner D, Holyoak K J
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Am Psychol. 1997 Jan;52(1):32-4. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.52.1.32.
Analogy is a powerful cognitive mechanism that people use to make inferences and learn new abstractions. The history of work on analogy in modern cognitive science is sketched, focusing on contributions from cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy of science. This review sets the stage for the 3 articles that follow in this Science Watch section.
类比是一种强大的认知机制，人们用它来进行推理并学习新的抽象概念。本文概述了现代认知科学中类比研究的历史，重点介绍了认知心理学、人工智能和科学哲学的贡献。这篇综述为《科学观察》版块接下来的三篇文章奠定了基础。
