in fact we all know many more categories than we know words. - Douglas Hofstadter

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in fact we all know many more categories than we know words.

Douglas Hofstadter

Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking · April 23, 2013 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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About Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is a mathematician, cognitive scientist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author.

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Native Name: Douglas Richard Hofstadter

Alternative Names: Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Relying on words to lead you to the truth is like relying on an incomplete formal system to lead you to the truth. A formal system will give you some truths, but as we shall soon see, a formal system, no matter how powerful—cannot lead to all truths.