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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.2/5 ( ratings)
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.
Language
English
Pages
756
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Basic Books
Release
May 11, 1999
ISBN
0465026567
ISBN 13
9780465026562

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.2/5 ( ratings)
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.
Language
English
Pages
756
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Basic Books
Release
May 11, 1999
ISBN
0465026567
ISBN 13
9780465026562

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