June 25, 2019: Hiphis seminar: E. Sander, the analog imperative

Tuesday, June 25, 2019from 5:30p.m. to7:30 p.m., UM IAE, amphi Robert Reix (Triolet campus, building 29), free admission
attention, roadworks: longer journey from the streetcar station

The analog imperative

Summary:
The concern to distinguish human beings from their fellow creatures in the animal kingdom has for a long time forbidden us to think of the reasoning of educated adults as anything other than logical. Based on the book "Analogy, the heart of thought" (Hofstadter & Sander, 2013), this lecture rehabilitates analogy by showing its cognitive necessity and creative richness. It defends the thesis that analogy, which enables us to treat the unknown as the known, is the main engine of thought. The aim is to show that, far from being a one-off phenomenon, analogy pervades and determines cognition from top to bottom, from the most banal, unconscious acts to the most creative scientific discoveries, including the way we interact with our environment, interpret a situation, reason in our daily lives, make decisions and acquire new knowledge.

Emmanuel Sander
Professor of psychology at the University of Geneva (IDEA team) and at the University of Paris 8 (CRAC team, EA 349Paragraphe)