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1995

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Naming And Knowing: Giving Forms To Things Unknown, David E. Leary Jan 1995

Naming And Knowing: Giving Forms To Things Unknown, David E. Leary

Psychology Faculty Publications

The purpose of this essay is to provide some "forms" and "habitations"—some principles and examples, if you will—of the phenomenon of metaphorical thinking in science. First, I will share some general comments about this phenomenon, and then I will illustrate it with an extended discussion of a recent line of thought, research, and application within behavioral psychology.