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.