Surfaces and Essences · Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

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
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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.