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I'm a fan of Douglas Hofstadter's (of Godel Escher Bach fame) view that "analogy is the core of cognition"† On this view, I guess the question of whether to ut
by b450 5y ago
I'm a fan of Douglas Hofstadter's (of Godel Escher Bach fame) view that "analogy is the core of cognition"†
On this view, I guess the question of whether to utilize analogy or not is reduced to the question of which analogy would be most useful, since all categorization (and thus, much of thought in general) is essentially analogical thinking.
† https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m7lFQ3njk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m7lFQ3njk
- mk12 5y agoSee also his book on this subject (with Emmanuel Sander), Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking. I'm currently reading it and enjoying it. A lot of reviews complain about how padded with examples it is, but this is really the substance of the book and I appreciate it.
- passion__desire 5y agoAnd he has a point. Analogies are common in fundamental physics. This particular lecture exemplifies that. Lecture by Douglas Hofstadter: Albert Einstein on Light; Light on Albert Einstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePA1zq56J1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePA1zq56J1I