Mental Modeling in Conceptual Change
Mental Modeling in Conceptual Change
Author(s): Nancy J. NersessianSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Presa Universitara Clujeana
Keywords: mental modeling; cognitive development; understanding; human cognition; cognitive science
Summary/Abstract: In this paper I will focus on one capacity, that for mental modeling, in part because analogy, visualization, and simulation contribute to reasoning through mental modeling and in part because mental modeling is a central notion used in analyses of conceptual change across the literatures of studies of science, learning, and cognitive development.
Journal: International Journal on Humanistic Ideology
- Issue Year: III/2010
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 11-48
- Page Count: 37
- Language: English