Surfaces and essences : analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking / Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2013]Copyright date: â2013Description: xiv, 578 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780465018475 (hbk.)
- 0465018475 (hbk.)
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- BD190 .H64 2013
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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.
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.