Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought

by Douglas R Hofstadter

Overview

Readers of earlier works by Douglas Hofstadter will find this book a natural extension of his style and his ideas about creativity and analogy; in addition, psychologists, philosophers, and artificial-intelligence researchers will find in this elaborate web of ingenious ideas a deep and challenging new view of mind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465024759
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	03/22/1996
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	723,832
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

Douglas Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His other books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid; Metamagical Themas; The Mind's I; Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies; Le Ton beau de Marot; and Surfaces and Essences, with Emmanuel Sander. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Editorial Reviews

Hofstadter (cognitive science, computer science, Indiana U.) challenges conventional computer simulations of reasoning. He discusses the importance of how concepts give rise to generalizations and analogies, and asserts that mental activities are fundamentally parallel. He illustrates these principles with computer models for solving anagram, analogy, and number puzzles. Includes b&w diagrams. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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