Bibliograph

Surfaces and essences, analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking, Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander

Type

Label

Surfaces and essences, analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking, Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander

Language

eng

resource.accompanyingMatter

technical information on music

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

other

Main title

Surfaces and essences

Medium

electronic resource

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

846741158

Responsibility statement

Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander

Sub title

analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking

Summary

Analogy is the core of all thinking.This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition.We are constantly faced with a swirling and intermingling multitude of ill-defined situations. Our brain's job is to try to make sense of this unpredictable, swarming chaos of stimuli. How does it do so? The ceaseless hail of input triggers analogies galore, helping us to pinpoint the essence of what is going on. Often this means the spontaneous evocation of words, sometimes idioms, sometimes the triggering of nameless, long-buried memories

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

Classification

Contributor

Creator