Surfaces and Essences

Surfaces and Essences

Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

by Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

592 pages· 2013· ISBN 9780465018475
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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.

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