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Relational priming: Obligational nitpicking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2008

Varol Akman
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara, 06800, Turkey. akman@bilkent.edu.trhttp://www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr/akman.htm

Abstract

According to the target article authors, initial experience with a circumstance primes a relation that can subsequently be applied to a different circumstance to draw an analogy. While I broadly agree with their claim about the role of relational priming in early analogical reasoning, I put forward a few concerns that may be worthy of further reflection.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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