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

Tuesday, June 25, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m.,UM IAE, Robert Reix lecture hall (Triolet campus, building 29), free admission
Please note: construction work means a longer journey from the tram station.

The analog imperative

Summary:
  The desire to distinguish humans from their fellow creatures in the animal kingdom has long prevented us from thinking of educated adults' reasoning as anything other than logical. Drawing on the book "Analogy: The Heart of Thought" (Hofstadter & Sander, 2013), this lecture rehabilitates analogy by demonstrating its cognitive necessity and creative richness. It defends the thesis that analogy, which allows us to treat the unknown as known, is the main driver of thought. The aim is to show that, far from being a one-off phenomenon, it pervades and determines cognition from top to bottom, from the most mundane and unconscious acts to the most creative scientific discoveries, including what guides the way each of us interacts with our environment, interprets a situation, reasons on a daily basis, makes decisions, and acquires new knowledge.

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