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Episode 85: Critical Rationalism and Douglas Hofstadter (Part 1)
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Episode: Episode 85: Critical Rationalism and Douglas Hofstadter (Part 1)
Pub date: 2024-05-14
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Episode: Episode 85: Critical Rationalism and Douglas Hofstadter (Part 1)
Pub date: 2024-05-14
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This is the first of our two part series (that may or may not be released back-to-back) where Bruce delves into the work Douglas Hofstadter, specifically the book Surfaces and Essences. We consider what is the relationship—if there is any—between critical rationalism and Hofstadter's idea that analogy is a core mechanism of human cognition. Is it fair to criticize Hofstadter's ideas as being inductivism in disguise? Could something like what Hofstadter suggests (i.e. analogy) be central to human consciousness and creation of AGI?
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