See the thread entitled "Similar(cat, fog)" for the answer. I personally agree with Hofstadter that Analogy is the essence of creativity:i.e., the ability to swap one concept for another within a cognitive network. Or as Piaget would term it, "integration." He believed it was one function in a trinity of functions: integration, differentiation, and organization. That is just my humble opinion. ~PM.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [agi] ONE EXAMPLE Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:03:10 -0700 Bipin Indurkhya in his book Metaphor and Cognition stated that the purpose of metaphor is to transfer attributes from a source concept to a target concept. Before reading any further, do this thought experiment. Name as many relationships as you can between between the fog and a housecat? I'll provide the answer in my next email. ~PM.Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:33:07 -0400 Subject: Re: [agi] ONE EXAMPLE From: [email protected] To: [email protected] John G. Rose <[email protected]> wrote:The core of functional creativity though could be that ability to variationally morph chains of projective operational modeling ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
