This subject is discussed (although from a different angle) at length in Douglas Hofstadter's book Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. [0] There's also good

This subject is discussed (although from a different angle) at length in Douglas Hofstadter's book Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. [0] There's also good reading to be done around this subject as it pertains to the problem of induction. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_Concepts_and_Creative_Analogies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_Concepts_and_Creative_An... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction