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Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid by Hofstadter, Douglas R. is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid about?
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. Part I: Geb. Introduction: A Musico-logical Offering (three-part Invention) ; The Mu-puzzle (two-part Invention) ; Meaning And Form In Mathematics (sonata For Unaccompanied Achilles) ; Figure And Ground (contracrostipunctus) ; Consistency, Completeness, And Geometry (little Harmonic Labyrinth) ; Recursive Structures And Processes Canon By Intervallic Augmentation) ; The Location Of Meaning Chromatic Fantasy, And Feud) ; The Propositional Calculus Crab Canon) ; Typographical Number Theory (a Mu Offering) ; Mumon And Godel -- Part Ii: Egb. Levels Of Description And Computer Systems (...ant Fugue) ; Brains And Thoughts (en
Who reads Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hofstadter, Douglas R.
- Publisher
- Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465026562
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Computer Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.29 / 5 (312 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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