1st Edition
Representational Change and the Use of Metaphors in Problem Solving The Winding Roots of Understanding
By Benjamin Angerer
Copyright 2024
224 Pages
81 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
81 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
81 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book addresses a longstanding impasse in problem solving research: if structured mental representations of problems are required for solving them, how do those arise and, if needed, change? The book argues that established theories underestimate this question due to methodological requirements.
Proposing to momentarily suspend these requirements, including the focus on well-defined... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Problem-solving research and its struggle with representational change 3. Metaphors to the rescue? 4. The domain of iterated mental paper folding 5. A single case of learning how to represent folds 6. Back to theory 7. Associations, routines, and transient spaces: sketches of a new framework 8. Conclusion
Biography
Benjamin Angerer is Research Associate at the Institutes of Philosophy, Computer Science, and Centre for Digital Education, University of Osnabrück, Germany.
