Surfaces and essences : analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking /
Hofstadter, Douglas R., 1945-
Surfaces and essences : analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking / Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander. - xiv, 578 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-555) and index.
Analogy as the Core of Cognition -- The Evocation of Words -- The Evocation of Phrases -- A Vast Ocean of Invisible Analogies -- Abstraction and Inter-category Sliding -- How Analogies Manipulate Us -- How We Manipulate Analogies -- NavÌe Analogies -- Analogies that Shook the World -- Katy and Anna Debate the Core of Cognition.
Shows how analogy-making pervades human thought at all levels, influencing the choice of words and phrases in speech, providing guidance in unfamiliar situations, and giving rise to great acts of imagination.
9780465018475 (hbk.) 0465018475 (hbk.)
2013932688
Analogy.
Reasoning.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body.
BD190 / .H64 2013
169
Surfaces and essences : analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking / Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander. - xiv, 578 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-555) and index.
Analogy as the Core of Cognition -- The Evocation of Words -- The Evocation of Phrases -- A Vast Ocean of Invisible Analogies -- Abstraction and Inter-category Sliding -- How Analogies Manipulate Us -- How We Manipulate Analogies -- NavÌe Analogies -- Analogies that Shook the World -- Katy and Anna Debate the Core of Cognition.
Shows how analogy-making pervades human thought at all levels, influencing the choice of words and phrases in speech, providing guidance in unfamiliar situations, and giving rise to great acts of imagination.
9780465018475 (hbk.) 0465018475 (hbk.)
2013932688
Analogy.
Reasoning.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body.
BD190 / .H64 2013
169