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International Workshop on Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents

CMAA 1998: Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents pp 292–306Cite as

An Algebraic Approach to Modeling Creativity of Metaphor

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In this article we consider the problem of creative metaphors — that is, those metaphors that induce new ontologies and new structures on an object or a situation, thereby creating new perspectives — and how they might be modeled formally. We argue that to address this problem we need to fix the model, and study how different theories organize the model differently.We briefly present some algebraic mechanisms that can be used to formalize this intuition, and discuss some of their implications. Then we provide a few examples to illustrate our approach. Finally, we emphasize that our proposed mechanisms are meant to supplement the existing algebraic approaches to formalizing metaphor, and are not suggested as a replacement.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan

    Bipin Indurkhya

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield Herts, AL10 9AB, UK

    Chrystopher L. Nehaniv

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Indurkhya, B. (1999). An Algebraic Approach to Modeling Creativity of Metaphor. In: Nehaniv, C.L. (eds) Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents. CMAA 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1562. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48834-0_16

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