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COGS 151Analogy and Conceptual Systems

4 units · COGS · UC San Diego

Human thought and meaning are deeply tied to the capacity for mapping conceptual domains onto each other, inducing common schemas and performing mental simulation. This course examines major aspects of this cognitive activity including metaphor, conceptual blending, and embodied cognition.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “upper-division standing.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

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  • Linguistics (Cognition and Language) (B.A.)