Making Sense of Analogies in Metacat (2008)
James B. Marshall, Douglas R. Hofstadter
This paper outlines the main ideas and objectives of the Metacat project, an extension of the Copycat computer model of analogy-making and high-level perception. The principal features of Metacat...
Albert Einstein, Analogizer Extraordinaire (2007)
Where does deep insight in physics come from? It is tempting to think that it comes from the purest and most precise of reasoning, following ironclad laws of thought that compel the clear mind...
James B. Marshall, Douglas R. Hofstadter
This paper summarizes recent work on extending the architecture of the Copycat analogymaking program to include the ability to monitor certain aspects of its own processing as it solves analogy...
David J. Chalmers, Robert M. French, Douglas R. Hofstadter
High-level perception—the process of making sense of complex data at an abstract, conceptual level—is fundamental to human cognition. Through high-level perception, chaotic environmen-tal stimuli...
The copycat project: An experiment in nondeterminism and creative analogies (1984)
A micro-world is described, in which many analogies involving strikingly different concepts and levels of subtlety can be made. The question "What differentiates the good ones from the bad...
Gödel, Escher, Bach : una eterna trenza dorada (1982)
Traducción de: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach : una eterna trenza dorada (1982)
Traducción de: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
The Metacat Project: A Self-Watching Model of Analogy-Making (1943)
James B. Marshall, Douglas R. Hofstadter
This paper presents a broad overview of the Metacat project, an extension of the Copycat computer model of fluid concepts, high-level perception, and analogy-making. Copycat models the complex,...