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2013 book by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking is a 2013 book by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander which advances the thesis that analogy plays a starring role in all our thinking. They contend that our brains use a vast repository of analogies to categorize the constant intermingling multitude of ill-defined situations. The authors draw on results from studies in Cognitive Science as well as various linguistic examples.
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Author | Douglas R. Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander |
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Language | English |
Subject | Consciousness, Cognitive Science, Cognition |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 578 |
ISBN | 9780465018475 |
Preceded by | I Am a Strange Loop |
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