Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Douglas R. Hofstadter, Emmanuel SanderAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2013-04-23Pages:592
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465018475ISBN-10:465018475UPC:9780465018475Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Mind & Body, Philosophy & Social Aspects, LanguageSize:9.48 x 7.69 x 1.91 inchesWeight:2.2223Product ID:SC81QJ41BQ
Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
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...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465018475ISBN-10:465018475UPC:9780465018475Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Mind & Body, Philosophy & Social Aspects, LanguageSize:9.48 x 7.69 x 1.91 inchesWeight:2.2223Product ID:SC81QJ41BQ
Douglas Hofstadter is Distinguished College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His previous books include Gö, 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...
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