Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00BE65086
Publish date: April 23rd 2013
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 592
Edition language: English
I didn't listen to the whole book. I listened to about 9 hours of it. The book is clearly for lovers of words of which I'm not. I do like the authors overriding theme that we think by categorization through analogy. I just didn't want to sit through a countless stream of analogies and word play exam...
Quite an intriguing look at the conscious and subconscious use of analogy in everyday thought, communication, empathy, understanding others and their experiences, and making sense of our own experiences in order to avoid or more fully appreciate them in future.As well-researched and interesting as t...
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