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Metaphors and analogies are crucial aspects of natural intelligence, and here I present their mathematical structure and argue that they cannot be explained through a simple functional perspective, as they are acts of creativity.
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Neuman, Y. (2017). King Richard Is a Lion: On Metaphors and Analogies. In: Mathematical Structures of Natural Intelligence. Mathematics in Mind. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68246-4_13
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