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The Role of Metaphorical Thinking in the Creativity of Scientific Discourse
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Sanchez-Ruiz, Maria-Jose; Santos, Manuela Romo; Jiménez, Juan Jiménez – Creativity Research Journal, 2013
This article critically reviews the extant literature on scientific creativity and metaphorical thinking. Metaphorical thinking is based on a conceptual transfer of relationships or mapping, from a well-known source domain to a poorly known target domain, which could result in creative outcomes in sciences. Creativity leads to products that are…
Descriptors: Creativity, Concept Mapping, Concept Formation, Science Process Skills