The Brain is Wider than the Sky: Analogy, Emotion, and Allegory

Metaphor and Symbol

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-142

  Thagard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 79953182006     PISSN: 10926488     EISSN: 15327868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2011.556509     Document Type: Article

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