Quantum cognition + quantum analogy
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Quantum cognition + quantum analogy. / Fortescue, Michael David.
I: European Review, Bind 30, Nr. 5, 2022, s. 708-724.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Quantum cognition + quantum analogy
AU - Fortescue, Michael David
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Attempts to apply the apparatus of quantum mechanics to cognition and language have met, understandably, with a degree of scepticism within the disciplines concerned, but they nevertheless have the potential for opening exciting new perspectives. In the present article I address the question as to what it is exactly about these attempts that has drawn such attention – both positive and negative – in recent years. I shall argue for distinguishing those aspects of quantum cognition that do warrant serious consideration by cognitive psychologists and linguists irrespective of the exact nature of its relationship to classical quantum mechanics. The key lies in the important role played by analogy in both disciplines.
AB - Attempts to apply the apparatus of quantum mechanics to cognition and language have met, understandably, with a degree of scepticism within the disciplines concerned, but they nevertheless have the potential for opening exciting new perspectives. In the present article I address the question as to what it is exactly about these attempts that has drawn such attention – both positive and negative – in recent years. I shall argue for distinguishing those aspects of quantum cognition that do warrant serious consideration by cognitive psychologists and linguists irrespective of the exact nature of its relationship to classical quantum mechanics. The key lies in the important role played by analogy in both disciplines.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Cognition, Language, Mind-Matter problems, Mind- Reality problems, ontology, epistemology, intentionality, truth.
KW - cognitive linguistics
U2 - 10.1017/S106279872100020X
DO - 10.1017/S106279872100020X
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
SP - 708
EP - 724
JO - European Review
JF - European Review
SN - 1062-7987
IS - 5
ER -
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