Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
Hofstadter, Douglas, Sander, Emmanuel
ISBN 10: 0465018475 ISBN 13: 9780465018475
Published by Basic Books, 2013
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In a major new work from the author of Gödel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop, two leading scholars argue that analogy is the basis for all human thoughts
About the Author: Douglas Hofstadter is Distinguished College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His previous books include Gödel, Escher, Bach (which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1980) and Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies.Emmanuel Sander is Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at the University of Paris (Saint-Denis), specializing in the study of analogy-making and categorization and their connections to education. Among his previous works is the book Analogy, from the Naïve to the Creative.
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Title: Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel ...
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good