Is there one central mechanism upon which all human thinking rests? Cognitive scientists Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander argue that there is. At this core is our incessant proclivity to take what we perceive, to abstract it, and to find resemblances to prior experiences—in other words, our ability to make analogies. In The Essence of Thought , Hofstadter and Sander sho...(展开全部)

Is there one central mechanism upon which all human thinking rests? Cognitive scientists Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander argue that there is. At this core is our incessant proclivity to take what we perceive, to abstract it, and to find resemblances to prior experiences—in other words, our ability to make analogies. In The Essence of Thought , Hofstadter and Sander sho...(展开全部)

侯世达 (Douglas Hofstadter) 美国计算机科学家，独树一帜的认知学家；普利策奖获奖图书《集异璧》作者。 于1965年从斯坦福大学数学专业毕业，1975年获得俄勒冈大学物理学博士学位，发现了被称为“侯世达蝴蝶”的分形结构。自1988年以来，侯世达一直在印第安纳大学艺术与科学学院任教，并创建了“流动类比研究小组”。2009年4月，他当选为美国艺术与科学学院的院士和美国哲学学会的成员。2010年，他当选为瑞典乌普萨拉皇家科学院的成员 桑德尔 (Emmanuel Sander) 法国心理学家，日内瓦大学发展心理学教授。多年潜心研究作类比与范畴化及其与教育之间的关系。

侯世达 (Douglas Hofstadter) 美国计算机科学家，独树一帜的认知学家；普利策奖获奖图书《集异璧》作者。 于1965年从斯坦福大学数学专业毕业，1975年获得俄勒冈大学物理学博士学位，发现了被称为“侯世达蝴蝶”的分形结构。自1988年以来，侯世达一直在印第安纳大学艺术与科学学院任教，并创建了“流动类比研究小组”。2009年4月，他当选为美国艺术与科学学院的院士和美国哲学学会的成员。2010年，他当选为瑞典乌普萨拉皇家科学院的成员 桑德尔 (Emmanuel Sander) 法国心理学家，日内瓦大学发展心理学教授。多年潜心研究作类比与范畴化及其与教育之间的关系。

杰弗里·劳埃德爵士（Sir Geoffry E. R. Lloyd，1933 –），1933年出生于英国，1958年于剑桥大学国王学院获古典学博士学位，之后长期在剑桥大学执教，教授古典学，历任助教、讲师、高级讲师。1987年起，他成为“古代哲学和科学”教授，之后又担任达尔文学院院长。2000年，他从这两项职位上退休，任荣誉教授。目前，他担任东亚科学史基金会主席，该基金会是指导剑桥李约瑟研究所工作的管理机构。1997年，他因“对思想史的贡献”而被英国王室授予爵位。他曾在世界许多著名学府担任访问教授，其中也包括北京大学和中国科学院自然科学史研究所。从上世纪60年代起，他就开始从事古希腊科学思想史的研究，并从80年后期开始了对中国古代科学思想史的研究，以及中西古代思想的比较研究。在这几个领域，他出版了多部重量级的著作。例如，《对立与类比》（1966），《亚...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenacious...(展开全部)

It is the summer holidays and soon Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Harry is counting the days:there are new spells to be learnt,more Quidditch to be played,and Hogwarts castle to continue exploring.But Harry needs to be careful—ther are unexpected dagers lurking…