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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

By Douglas R. Hofstadter

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
1979
ISBN
9780465026852, 0465026850
LCC
QA9.8
Open Library ID
OL21456142M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
13 MB (13132913 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
800\800
DPI
600
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

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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