Mental Leaps
Mental Leaps is a book by Keith J. Holyoak, Paul Thagard (1994 in its publication record; cited on IX Coach as 1995), published by The MIT Press. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 2 practices across 2 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this book is put to use.
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Practices on IX Coach that cite Mental Leaps
- Seek analogies from maximally distant domains
The further the analogy’s domain from your problem, the more likely it is to break your current representation.
Constraint Relaxation: Escaping the Walls You Built Yourself
- Import a frame from a different domain
Describe your problem as if it were a challenge in an unrelated field, then steal the solutions from that field.
Problem Reframing: Solving the Right Problem First
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