Surfaces and Essences · Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
- Authors
- Hofstadter, Douglas & Sander, Emmanuel
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Tags
- philosophy , psychology , science
- ISBN
- 9780465021581
- Date
- 2011-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.57 MB
- Lang
- en
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.