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Mathematical Analogy and Metaphorical Insight
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Zwicky, Jan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2010
How are we to understand the power of certain literary metaphors? The author argues that the apprehension of good metaphors is importantly similar to the apprehension of fruitful mathematical analogies: both involve a structural realignment of vision. The author then explores consequences of this claim, drawing conceptually significant parallels…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic