| Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies Contributor(s): Hofstadter, Douglas R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465024750 ISBN-13: 9780465024759 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $22.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Since 1977, Hofstadter, the author of Godel, Escher, Bach, and his students have been developing computer models of discovery, creation, and analogical thought. What has emerged is a sophisticated and unorthodox vision of the mind in which perception, at an abstract level, is the key: perception of situations, of patterns, of patterns among patterns. This book conveys this bold vision to a broad public. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Computers |
| Dewey: 153.4 |
| LCCN: 93044294 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 7.28" W x 9.85" (2.09 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |