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Gödel, Escher, Bach

An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Publisher Basic Books
Published Date 1999
Page Count 800
Categories Art / Individual Artists / General, Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Mathematics / General, Music / Genres & Styles / Classical, Philosophy / Logic
Language EN
Average Rating 4.5 (based on 4 ratings)
Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected
ISBN 0394756827
Book Cover 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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