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Douglas Hofstadters 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. Gřśdel 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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Douglas Hofstadter is professor of computer science and cognitive science at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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ISBN 10: 0465026850
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid BY Douglas R. Hofstadter, hardcover in dustjacket, Basic Books, 1979. A metaphorical figure 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. Gödel Escher and Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more. Winner 1980 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. 'jacket wear and tear, a little ungluing at title page, clean and tight otherwise" BX64. Seller Inventory # ABE-1782850099154
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid -- A Metaphorical Fugue on Minds and Machines in the Spirit of Lewis Carroll
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, A Metaphorical Fugue on Minds and Machines in the Spirit of Lewis Carroll
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