Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Hofstadter, Douglas R.(Douglas Richard) & Sander, Emmanuel
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0465018475
- ISBN 13
- 9780465018475
- Seller
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About This Item
NY: Basic Books, 2013. First Edition, Thus; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; black c w/gilt spine titles; 578 clean, unmarked pages/index; Contents in Eight Chapters: Analogy as the Core of Cognition, The Evocation of Words, The Evocation of Phrases, a Vast Ocean of Invisible Analogies, Abstraction and Inter-category Sliding, How Analogies Manipulate Us, How We Manipulate Analogies, Naïve Analogies, Analogies the Shook the World, and Katy and Anna Debate the Core of Cognition. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Illus. 4 vo.
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- Bookseller
- Dorley House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 092239
- Title
- Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
- Author
- Hofstadter, Douglas R.(Douglas Richard) & Sander, Emmanuel
- Illustrator
- Illus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0465018475
- ISBN 13
- 9780465018475
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Science; Mind; Thought; Philosophy; Language
- Size
- 4 vo
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