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Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander — WisdomDeck honest review

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Surfaces and Essences

by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander

Analogy as the core of all thinking, from everyday words to Einstein. Long, exhaustive, convincing.

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you want a theory of thought built on analogy.

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you want brevity.

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Three things you will actually use

Thinking is analogy.
Categories are fluid.
Notice your analogies.

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Read the chapter on Einstein's analogies.

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Analogy as thought.

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