Gödel, Escher, Bach, an eternal golden braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Gödel, Escher, Bach, an eternal golden braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 746-756) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
40724766
Responsibility statement
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Sub title
an eternal golden braid
Summary
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, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more
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Mapped to
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