Interdisciplinary analogical information transfer in design: differences between knowledge levels

Abstract

Interdisciplinary analogical information transfer can be characterized as a potential strategy for creativity, originality, novelty and innovation as well. The transfer mechanism which is called analogy occurs by taking parallel ideas from other interdisciplinary fields and create new insights [Hesse 1966], [Dunbar 1999]. Analogy is understanding an unknown phenomenon via a known one [Hesse 1966], [Koestler 1964], [Hofstadter 1995] and [Holyoak and Thagard 1997]. In this respect it is considered as core of cognition [Hesse 1966], [Dunbar and Blanchette 2001] and knowing [Hofstadter 2001].

Keywords Analogical Reasoning, Distance Of Source Domains, Analogy Levels, Expertise Levels, Creativity