Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by
Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
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...