Maps and metaphors

Roger M. Downs

doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.1981.00287.x

Maps and metaphors

Roger M. Downs

Geography

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Abstract

It has been argued that the confusion surrounding the term map in the expression, mental map, renders the expression meaningless. The confusion can be removed if we consider two sources of misunderstanding. First, there is a failure to appreciate the complex, double role that the map plays in our analogical thinking, and second, there is a failure to distinguish between the map as metaphor and the map as analogy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	287-293
Number of pages	7
Journal	Professional Geographer
Volume	33
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1981.00287.x
State	Published - Aug 1981

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Geography, Planning and Development
Earth-Surface Processes

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