Gödel, Escher, Bach
an eternal golden braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll
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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Logics, Teoria Do Conhecimento, Artificial intelligence, Metamathematics, Symmetry, Mathematics, Open Library Staff Picks, Symbolic and mathematical Logic, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Kognitiver Prozess, Metamathematik, Computer, Künstliche Intelligenz, Weltbild, Simetrâi, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, maths, music, complexity, Goedel, kurt, 1906-1978, Escher, m. c. (maurits cornelis), 1898-1970, Bach, johann sebastian, 1685-1750, Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972, Gödel, Kurt, Matematica, Logica, Inteligencia Artificial (Computacao), Simetría, Inteligencia artificial, Metamathematica, Mathématiques, Symétrie, Intelligence artificielle, Philosophy, Bach, johann sebastian , 1685-1750, Escher, m. c. (maurits cornelis) , 1898-1972, Qa9.8 .h63 1999Showing 8 featured editions. View all 30 editions?
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: an eternal golden braid
2000, Penguin
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: an eternal golden braid
1999, Basic Books
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: ein Endloses Geflochtenes Band.
January 1, 1991, Dtv
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
May 14, 1989, Vintage
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
1980, Vintage Books
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
1979, Basic Books
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