The Resource I am a strange loop, Douglas Hofstadter
I am a strange loop, Douglas Hofstadter
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- Summary
- Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Gödel, Escher, Bach--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity. What do we mean when we say "I"? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? This book argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. Deep down, a human brain is a chaotic soup of particles, on a higher level it is a jungle of neurons, and on a yet higher level it is a network of abstractions that we call "symbols." The most central and complex symbol in your brain or mine is the one we both call "I." But how can such a mysterious abstraction be real--or is our "I" merely a convenient fiction?--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 412 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Preface: an author and his book
- An affable locking of horns
- On souls and their sizes
- This teetering bulb of dread and dream
- The causal potency of patterns
- Loops, goals, and loopholes
- On video feedback
- Of selves and symbols
- The epi phenomenon
- Embarking on a strange-loop safari
- Pattern and provability
- Gödel's quintessential strange loop
- How analogy makes meaning
- On downward causality
- The elusive apple of my "I"
- Strangeness in the "I" of the beholder
- Entwinement
- Grappling with the deepest mystery
- How we live in each other
- The blurry glow of human identity
- Consciousness = thinking
- A courteous crossing of words
- A brief brush with Cartesian egos
- A tango with zombies and dualism
- Killing a couple of sacred cows
- On magnanimity and friendship
- Epilogue: the quandary
- Isbn
- 9780465030798
- Label
- I am a strange loop
- Title
- I am a strange loop
- Statement of responsibility
- Douglas Hofstadter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Gödel, Escher, Bach--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity. What do we mean when we say "I"? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? This book argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. Deep down, a human brain is a chaotic soup of particles, on a higher level it is a jungle of neurons, and on a yet higher level it is a network of abstractions that we call "symbols." The most central and complex symbol in your brain or mine is the one we both call "I." But how can such a mysterious abstraction be real--or is our "I" merely a convenient fiction?--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hofstadter, Douglas R.
- Dewey number
- 153
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Self (Philosophy)
- Consciousness
- Intellect
- Soul
- Consciousness
- Intellect
- Self (Philosophy)
- Soul
- Label
- I am a strange loop, Douglas Hofstadter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-382) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: an author and his book -- An affable locking of horns -- On souls and their sizes -- This teetering bulb of dread and dream -- The causal potency of patterns -- Loops, goals, and loopholes -- On video feedback -- Of selves and symbols -- The epi phenomenon -- Embarking on a strange-loop safari -- Pattern and provability -- Gödel's quintessential strange loop -- How analogy makes meaning -- On downward causality -- The elusive apple of my "I" -- Strangeness in the "I" of the beholder -- Entwinement -- Grappling with the deepest mystery -- How we live in each other -- The blurry glow of human identity -- Consciousness = thinking -- A courteous crossing of words -- A brief brush with Cartesian egos -- A tango with zombies and dualism -- Killing a couple of sacred cows -- On magnanimity and friendship -- Epilogue: the quandary
- Control code
- ocm64554976
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xix, 412 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780465030798
- Lccn
- 2007310563
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Label
- I am a strange loop, Douglas Hofstadter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-382) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: an author and his book -- An affable locking of horns -- On souls and their sizes -- This teetering bulb of dread and dream -- The causal potency of patterns -- Loops, goals, and loopholes -- On video feedback -- Of selves and symbols -- The epi phenomenon -- Embarking on a strange-loop safari -- Pattern and provability -- Gödel's quintessential strange loop -- How analogy makes meaning -- On downward causality -- The elusive apple of my "I" -- Strangeness in the "I" of the beholder -- Entwinement -- Grappling with the deepest mystery -- How we live in each other -- The blurry glow of human identity -- Consciousness = thinking -- A courteous crossing of words -- A brief brush with Cartesian egos -- A tango with zombies and dualism -- Killing a couple of sacred cows -- On magnanimity and friendship -- Epilogue: the quandary
- Control code
- ocm64554976
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xix, 412 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780465030798
- Lccn
- 2007310563
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
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