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The Mind's I - Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul

By Douglas R. Hofstadter , Daniel C. Dennett

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2001
ISBN
9780465030910, 0465030912
Open Library ID
OL7593520M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5069738 bytes)
Pages
484\484
Topic
Medicine Neurology
Library
Great Science Textbooks DVD Library 2007
Time added
2009-10-26 04:07:46

Description

From some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology, and other disciplines. In selections that range from fiction to scientific speculations about thinking machines, artificial intelligence, and the nature of the brain, Hofstadter and Dennett present a variety of conflicting visions of the self and the soul as explored through the writings of some of the twentieth century's most renowned thinkers.

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