Tim@CIS.UPENN.EDU.UUCP (03/04/87)
SPECIAL JOINT COLLOQUIUM
Computer Science, Psychology and Physics
University of Pennsylvania
THE ROLE OF CREATIVE ANALOGIES IN SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS: COMPUTER MODELING
Professor Douglas R. Hofstadter, University of Michigan
2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 1987
Tea served at 2:00 in the Faculty Lounge (2E17)
David Rittenhouse Lab - Auditorium A1
The Copycat project is a computer model of analogical thought processes,
particularly ones in which a creative or daring leap is made of the sort that
when done in science often postulates new theoretical constructs or objects
(genes, particles, etc.). Examples of such analogies in science will be
presented and the copycat model will be discussed.