Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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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. Godel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780465026562
ISBN10	0465026567
Series/Work	OL716850W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Basic Books
Pages	832
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	April 18, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

Artificial intelligence Bach, johann sebastian , 1685-1750 Bach, johann sebastian, 1685-1750 complexity Computer Escher, m. c. (maurits cornelis), 1898-1970 Escher, m. c. (maurits cornelis) , 1898-1972 Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972 Gödel, Kurt Goedel, kurt, 1906-1978 Inteligencia artificial Inteligencia Artificial (Computacao) Intelligence artificielle Kognitiver Prozess Künstliche Intelligenz Logica Logics Long Now Manual for Civilization Matematica Mathematics

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