Surfaces and Essences Analogy As the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

Name: Surfaces and Essences Analogy As the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
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ISBN: 9780465018475

ISBN-10: 0465018475

ISBN-13: 9780465018475

Edition: 2010

Authors: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

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Is there one central mechanism upon which all human thinking rests? Cognitive scientists Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander argue that there is. At this core is our incessant proclivity to take what we perceive, to abstract it, and to find resemblances to prior experiences in other words, our ability to make analogies.InThe Essence of Thought, Hofstadter and Sander show how analogy-making pervades our thought at all levelsindeed, that we make analogies not once a day or once an hour, but many times per second. Thus, analogy is the mechanism that, silently and hidden, chooses our words and phrases for us when we speak, frames how we understand the most banal everyday situation, guides us…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 4/23/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 7.72" wide x 9.65" long x 2.05" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English