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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

By Douglas R. Hofstadter

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
1999
ISBN
0465026567, 9780465026562
LCC
QA9.8.H63 1980
Google Books ID
lic72KLZq-0C
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
15 MB (15643718 bytes)
Edition
20th anniversary edition
Pages
821\827
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-12-06 02:14:36

Description

Douglas Hofstadter’s book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence. Gödel Escher and Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.

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