Editing Conceptual blending (section)

==Philosophical status of the theory==
In his book ''The Literary Mind'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Turner |first=Mark |title=The Literary Mind |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1997 |isbn=9781602561120 |location=New York |pages=93}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2024}} conceptual blending theorist Mark Turner states that <blockquote>Conceptual blending is a fundamental instrument of the everyday mind, used in our basic construal of all our realities, from the social to the scientific.</blockquote>

Insights obtained from conceptual blends constitute the products of creative thinking, however conceptual blending theory is not itself a complete theory of creativity, inasmuch as it does not illuminate the issue of where the inputs to a blend originate.  In other words, conceptual blending provides a terminology for describing creative products, but has little to say on the matter of inspiration.{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}}