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Some Ways of Thinking

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Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology

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When thoughts overwhelm the mind, the mind puts them into the world. Talk, gesture, diagram, and sketch help not only to augment memory and information processing but also to structure thought and promote inferences and discovery. Research from many domains will be presented that highlights the similarities, differences, and special characteristics of each of these tools of thought.

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Acknowledgments

I am indebted to my collaborators Masaki Suwa, Angela Kessell, Juliet Chou, Eliza Bobek, Andrea Kantrowitz, Azedeh Jamalian, Ayelet Segal, Valeria Giardino, and John Gero and to National Science Foundation HHC 0905417, IIS-0725223, IIS-0855995, and REC 0440103.

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  1. Columbia Teachers College, New York, USA

    Barbara Tversky

  2. Stanford University, Stanford, USA

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  1. Department of Humanities Philosophy Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Lorenzo Magnani

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Tversky, B. (2014). Some Ways of Thinking. In: Magnani, L. (eds) Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37428-9_1

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