Godel, Escher, Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid

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  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1980)
  • National Book Award for Science (Hardcover) (1980)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (1979)
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Godel, Escher, Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid

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ISBN: 9780465026562
Publisher: Basic Books
Date of Publication: 1999-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Art, Science, History, Music
Related Topics: History, Mathematics, Psychology, Art, History
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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. 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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