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''See also:'' [[Interdisciplinary thinking]]

''See also:'' [[Interdisciplinary thinking]]

Analogical thinking and [[multi-disciplinary thinking]] are deeply connected. Analogical thinking is essentially the cognitive engine that makes interdisciplinary thinking possible.

Analogical thinking and [[Interdisciplinary thinking]] are deeply connected. Analogical thinking is essentially the cognitive engine that makes interdisciplinary thinking possible.

Interdisciplinary thinking says: bring knowledge from multiple fields to bear on a problem. But that raises the question of how knowledge from one field becomes useful in another. The answer is almost always analogy. You recognize that the structure of a problem in field A resembles the structure of a problem in field B where solutions already exist — and you transfer the solution across the domain boundary.

Interdisciplinary thinking says: bring knowledge from multiple fields to bear on a problem. But that raises the question of how knowledge from one field becomes useful in another. The answer is almost always analogy. You recognize that the structure of a problem in field A resembles the structure of a problem in field B where solutions already exist — and you transfer the solution across the domain boundary.

So the relationship is:

So the relationship is: