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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll
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. G del, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.
A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll
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. G del, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Hofstadter, Douglas R.
- ISBN: 9780465026562
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.20 x 1.80
- Number Of Pages: 824
- Publication Year: 1999
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A "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll."
Thomas M. - 5 years 4 months agoIt's a mind bending and, at times, whimsical exploration of logic, paradox, truth, proof, and consciousness. Full of intriguing connections between art, music, philosophy, and science, it will make you think a little bit deeper about what it means to think and about what it means to be human.
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