Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Fabula (Tusquets Editores), #269)

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. Goedel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.
  • ISBN10 0465026567
  • ISBN13 9780465026562
  • Publish Date 5 February 1999 (first published 10 July 1979)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Basic Books
  • Format Paperback (UK Trade)
  • Pages 824
  • Language English