Conceptual blending
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Conceptual blending, also called conceptual integration or view application, is a theory of cognition developed by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner. According to this theory, elements and vital relations from diverse scenarios are "blended" in a subconscious process, which is assumed to be ubiquitous to everyday thought and language.
See also
- Extension transference
- Mental space
- Cognitive psychology
- Cognitive Rhetoric
- Cognitive sciences
- Resources on Conceptual Blending
- Embodied philosophy
- Conceptual metaphor
- Analogy
- Philosophy of mind
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