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Douglas R. Hofstadter
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I Am a Strange Loop |
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English |
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Paperback |
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436 |
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2008-08-07 |
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0465030793 |
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Basic Books |
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0.2 pounds |
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0.98 x 5.9 x 9.2 inches |
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Reprint |
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2008 08 Pages: 436 Publisher: Basic Books Douglas R Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Godel. Escher Bach - an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity.Can thought arise out of matter Can self. a soul. a consciousness. an 'I' arise out of mere matter If it cannot. then how can you or I be hereI Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the 'strange loop '- a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our ains. The most central and complex symbol in your ain or mine is the one called' I '. The' I 'is the nexus in our ain. one of many symbols seeming to have free will and to have gained the paradoxical ability to push particles around. rather than the reverse.How can a mysterious abstraction be real - or is our 'I' merely a convenient fiction Does an 'I' exert...
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