Creative idea generation via interpretative approach to analogical reasoning

To add the flavor of creativity to analogical reasoning, an intermediate space has been proposed to be included between source and target, so that the inputs in the source can be interpreted in terms of some navigating concepts in this layer for further reinterpretation in the target space. In this paper, as the extension of this approach, interpretation schemes have been addressed emphasizing on the co‐working of interpretation and reinterpretation mechanisms for idea generation with respect to different types of situations in the source. Within this respect, hypothesis generation in the scientific domains, has been emphasized as a tangible application of an interpretative approach to interdomain analogical reasoning. As the final remarks, the proposed approach has been compared with both the classical approach to analogical reasoning and the related works as well.