ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Wild Beasts
Document Summary
Complex cognition: task 4 : thinking, problem-solving and intuition. Article- metaphors we think with: the role of metaphor in reasoning. We use a lot of metaphors to talk about criminality. Increase in the prevalence of crime= crime waves , surges (=sudden increase) or. A spreading crime problem= crime epidemic , plaguing a city or infecting a community . Crimes themselves= attacks in which criminals prey on unsuspecting victims . Criminal investigations= hunts where criminals are tracked and caught . Role of metaphor in reasoning about a specific domain of societal importance: social policy on crime. Do we reason about complex social issues in the same way that we talk about them: through a patchwork of metaphors? . What are the mechanisms through which metaphors can shape understanding and reasoning. To have a set of prediction: norming survey asking participants what should be done to solve a real virus or beast issue.
