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Surfaces and essences, analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking, Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander

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Surfaces and essences, analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking, Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-555) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Surfaces and essences

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

632081685

Responsibility statement

Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander

Sub title

analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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 -- Naïve Analogies -- Analogies that Shook the World -- Katy and Anna Debate the Core of Cognition

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Surfaces & essences

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