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Through analogy, novel situations and problems can be understood in terms of familiar ones. Buy surfaces and essences book online at low prices in. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of i sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that pulitzer prize winning author douglas hofstadter and french psychologist emmanuel sander defend in their new work. An eternal golden braid, first published in 1979, for which he was awarded the 1980 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction. Surfaces and essences douglas hofstadter, emmanuel.

Title analogy as the core of cognition speaker douglas hofstadter. Analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking hofstadter, douglas, sander. Most current neuroscience seems focused on understanding what the primary b. Although we believe that analogy is indeed a central component of human cognition, it is not quite the exclusive province of our species. Wilson literary science writing award science surfaces and essences warrants a place alongside godel, escher, bach and major recent treatments of human cognition. Douglas hofstadter project gutenberg selfpublishing. Although we believe that analogy is indeed a central component of human cognition, it is.

Analogy artificial intelligence cognitive science douglas hofstadter. Emmanuel sander 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. In the essence of thought, hofstadter and sander show how analogy. Placing analogy at the core of cognition hofstadter and sander provide a persuasive answer to the question what is thought. His book godel, escher, bach won the 1980 pulitzer prize for nonfiction. I dont think most neuroscientists think about it at all. Analogycore of cognition by hofstadter c o r t e x t. Hofstadter started off his talk by breaking apart the term analogic reasoning. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about surfaces and essences. In this presidential lecture, cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter examines the role and contributions of analogy in cognition, using a variety of.

In hofstadters view, analogy is the delaware of cognition which he represented in sketch. Its a place for learning enthusiasts to discover and share the best educational content. Hofstadter once upon a time, i was invited to speak at an analogy workshop in the legendary city of sofia in the faroff land of bulgaria. Tonights talk, analogy as the core of cognition, was also outside the computer science domain, but my popsci interest in brain books has given me more dots to connect. Indiana university college of arts and sciences professor of cognitive science and director of the center for research on concepts and cognition douglas hofstadter will deliver the second lecture in the 20052006 presidential and endowed lectures in the humanities and arts series. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of i,23 consciousness, analogy making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. It has been argued that analogy is at the core of cognition 7, 1. Emmanuel sander is professor of cognitive and developmental psychology at the university of paris saintdenis, specializing in the study of analogymaking and categorization and their. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Is there one central mechanism upon which all human thinking rests. Phrases like and so on, and the like, as if, and the very word like also rely on an analogical understanding by the receiver of a message including them.

The basic premise is that analogy making lies at the core of thinking. One should not think of analogymaking as a special variety of reasoning as in the. Analogy is the motor of the car of thought and the interstate freeway of cognition, said hofstadter in a talk titled analogy as the core of cognition. What do neuroscientists think about douglas hofstadter s lecturetheory on analogy as the core of cognition. In particular, we hypothesize that analogy plays an important role in the manifestation and the resolution of social cognitive. Douglas hofstadter director, center for research on concepts and cognition, indiana university the widely known author of godel, escher. In this presidential lecture, cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter examines the role and contributions of analogy in cognition, using a variety of analogies to illustrate his points. Perspectives from cognitive science, edited by dedre gentner, keith j. A largescale memory chunk can be thought of as being stored in longterm memory as a node. Cognitive scientists douglas hofstadter and emmanuel sander argue that there is. Analogy as the core of cognition a student forever.

An eternal golden braid 1979, which garnered the 1980. Analogy has been the focus of extensive research in cognitive science over the past two decades. Steven pinker, harvard college professor of psychology, harvard university, and author of how the mind works and the stuff of thought i am one of those cog. Surfaces and essences douglas hofstadter, emmanuel sander. In that sense, then, my article shares with richard dawkinss eyeopening book the selfish gene dawkins. Douglas hofstadter analogy as the core of cognition april 12, 2015 march 19, 2018 emergent cognition project i cant define anything and i kind of hate definitions but i will at least sort of give you a sense. During the second presidential lecture of the academic year, douglas hofstadter, professor of computer and cognitive science at indiana university, argued for the central place of analogy in cognition while using a bumper crop of analogies. Presidential lecturer cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter delivered the second talk in the presidential lecture series to an overflowing audience in cubberly auditorium. Further, at least in theory, analogy is the core of human cognition. Analogy as the core of cognition stuyvesant high school. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 in new york, new york is an american academic whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.

Thus, one would expect analogy to be manifested in several tasks in collaborative interdisciplinary design. Exploring the role of analogy in resolving cognitive. Highlevel perception emerges from the spreading activity of many independent processes, called codelets, running in parallel, competing or cooperating. Specific analogical language comprises exemplification, comparisons, metaphors, similes, allegories, and parables, but not metonymy. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that pulitzer prize. Just to start off with, i thought the guy was brilliant before, and i am even more impressed after hearing him speak.

Douglas hofstadter analogy as the core of cognition. Now, after 15 years, hofstadter has published another major book. My work in vsa is driven by the goal of building a practical, effective analogical memoryreasoning system. Immensely enjoyable, with a plethora of fascinating examples and anecdotes, this book will make you understand your own thought processes in a wholly new way.

Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. The book is written in plain english and would be a good introduction for a beginner without experience in linguistics or cognition. Presidential lecture analogy as the core of cognition by. Placing analogy at the core of cognition hofstadter and sander provide a.

Analogy is the mechanism underlying the myriad instances of. In his lecture, analogy as the core of cognition, cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter dh suggests that when you think, you are really just making analogies. A longterm memory node is accessed, transferred to shortterm memory and there unpacked to some degree, which yields new structures to be perceived, and the highlevel perceptual act activates yet further nodes, which are then in turn accessed, transferred, unpacked, etc. Perspectives from cognitive science, cambridge, ma.

An eternal golden braid, first published in 1979, won both the pulitzer prize. Analogy as the fuel and fire of thinking kindle edition by hofstadter, douglas, sander, emmanuel. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading surfaces and essences. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that pulitzer prizewinning 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 30 years. An eternal golden braid argues that every concept in. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of i, 2 3 consciousness, analogy making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.

Having accepted but wavering as to what to say, i finally chose to eschew technicalities and instead to convey a personal perspective on the importance and. Indeed, a case can be made for analogical processing as the very core of cognition. Taken from the back cover of the book by the way, its analogy as the fuel of cognition. Hofstadter is college of arts and sciences professor of cognitive science, and director of the center for research on concepts and cognition, at indiana university. We dawdlers take a dip into the book surfaces and essences by douglas hofstadter and emmanuel sander on the significance of analogy making in thinking. Feb 12, 2019 what do neuroscientists think about douglas hofstadters lecturetheory on analogy as the core of cognition. Comprehension and production of analogical problems by sarah, a chimpanzee pan troglodytes \ david l. Hofstadter and mitchell consider analogy making as the core of highlevel cognition, or highlevel perception, as hofstadter calls it, basic to recognition and categorization. His lecture is entitled analogy as the core of cognition. Hofstadter, a noted author, cognitive scientist and proud stanford son, returns to stanford in february, 2006, with a lecture called analogy as the core of cognition.

Analogy as the core of cognition presidential lecturer cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter delivered the second talk in the presidential lecture series to an overflowing audience in cubberly auditorium. Analogy, in its most general sense, is this ability to think about relational patterns. This is the first book to span the full range of disciplines concerned with analogy. Surfaces and essences is basically a book of one idea, explained in ridiculous levels of detail. Noted cognitive scientist asserts that analogy is almost. May 09, 20 surfaces and essences is basically a book of one idea, explained in ridiculous levels of detail. It has been argued that analogy is the core of cognition. This view of analogy has very little to do with reasoning in any standard sense of the term.

Apr 23, 20 his previous books include godel, escher, bach which won the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction in 1980 and fluid concepts and creative analogies. Analogy as the core of cognition stanford humanities. Analogy as the core of cognition, in dedre gentner, keith holyoak, and. Douglas hofstadter gave a lecture at stanford university on the topic analogy as the core of cognition in february of 2006.

I always try to distill a book like this into what i consider the key points. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american scholar of cognitive. Georgia institute of technology, and author of creating scientific concepts placing analogy at the core of cognition hofstadter and sander provide a persuasive answer to the question what is thought. Genia surfaces the best educators in the world and shares their work. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. Analogy as the core of cognition stanford university. An eternal golden braid, first published in 1979, won both the. Analogy is the mechanism underlying the myriad instances of concept formation and categorization we perform throughout any day, whether unconscious or explicit, without which there would be no thought. Analogy is not the endpoint of understanding, but its indispensable beginning. What do neuroscientists think about douglas hofstadters. In hofstadter s view, analogy is the delaware of cognition which he represented in sketch. It gets shuttled off to a little zone on the side, but he believes it should be given a more central role, one that crosscuts everything else.

Analogy as the core of cognition, in dedre gentner, keith j. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. Language, cognition, and computation seminar series title analogy as the core of cognition speaker douglas hofstadter affiliation center for research on concepts and cognition, indiana university bloomington date tuesday, april 12, 2005. Nov 12, 20 douglas hofstadter director, center for research on concepts and cognition, indiana university the widely known author of godel, escher, bach. Analogy as the core of cognition stanford presidential lectures.

Surfaces and essences by douglas hofstadter basic books. Hofstadter also wrote over 50 papers that were published through the center for research on concepts and cognition, see. I shall spend the rest of this article on analogy focusing on translation and showing how at its core translation is analogy, and indeed, is analogy at its most sublime and enchanting. Students crowded the the author of eight major books, hofstadter is best known for his first, godel, escher, bach. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of i, consciousness, analogy making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. Sep 10, 2009 in this presidential lecture, cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter examines the role and contributions of analogy in cognition, using a variety of analogies to illustrate his points. Hofstadter and sanders book is a wonderful and insightful account of the role of analogy in cognition. Less than an hour after hofstadters talk, i read this passage in birth of the mind p.