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Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition
The Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition (aka the Fluid Analogies
Research Group, or simply FARG) is an
interdisciplinary center for research in cognitive science, directed
by Douglas
Hofstadter. CRCC is affiliated with the
Cognitive Science Program at
IU, and has close ties with the
Computer Science Department.
CRCC research focuses mainly on
emergent computational models of creative analogical thinking and its
subcognitive substrate -- namely, fluid concepts. 
Several computer
programs modeling the interplay between concepts and perception in the
course of analogy-making have been developed; these include the Copycat and
Tabletop programs. The Letter Spirit project,
modeling the perception and creation of style in
the world of letterforms, has now resulted in a Letter Spirit program capable
of designing and evaluating gridfonts. The group also conducts research (mostly non-computational) in a
number of other areas of cognitive science, including error-making,
creative translation, scientific discovery, musical composition, the
comprehension and invention of jokes, the nature of sexist language
and default imagery, philosophy of mind, and foundations of artificial
intelligence.To get more of an idea of what it is that CRCC does, you can explore our research topic pages. When you want more detail, you can read our publications, explore the many links to the home pages of FARGonauts past and present, or buy the book. Douglas Hofstadter's many interests are described at: http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/hofstadter/ Douglas Hofstadter elected to the American Philosophical Society, April 2009. Douglas Hofstadter elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, April 2009. Douglas Hofstadter wins the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for I Am a Strange Loop.On April 25, 2008, the Los Angeles Times honored 2007's most accomplished authors at the 28th Annual Presentation of Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, held at UCLA's Royce Hall on the eve of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Douglas Hofstadter, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, won the award for best science & technology book. 2009 Fall Course Offering: Eugene Onegin, Pushkin's Paradoxical Gem 2010 Fall Course Offerings: Insight and Invention in Geometry Ambigrams and the Mechanisms of Creativity If you have any suggestions or questions about CRCC, FARG, or this site, get in touch with Helga Keller at htkelleratindianadotedu. Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition Indiana University 510 North Fess Street Bloomington, Indiana 47408-3822 USA Tel. 812.855.6965 / Fax: 812.855.6966 | ||||||||
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