Analogy as the Core of Cognition

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.

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[Dan Hipp]

13:43 Hofstadter emerges

[thepenguin114]

I just meant that -he- is not wasting -his- time. He's doing what he loves. That's what makes it not a waste to him, in his frame of reference. Maybe not in yours, but that doesn't matter to him.

[Miles Smith]

Gee Steve Martin sure is smart

[rts joe]

Why does Doug always read out random lists? It's like he's padding what he's saying.

[Alexander Herrera]

Hofstadter's book Godel,Escher,Bach is fascinating. I took me a long time to grasp the concepts in that book, because i did not have a Physics background.

[Lee Gee]

Superb. Thank you for posting.

[tschulz412]

Nice analogy.

[Valery Vasylev]

cognition = a load of crap

[Cory Hurst]

So you make an analogy?

[rocketskater10]

Eye Hope he gets a kick out of this one :)

[Viblicent]

I'm glad he attributes analogy particularly to the core of cognition and no concrete mechanics of intelligence.