Godel escher bach : an eternal golden braid

By:

Hofstadter, Douglas R

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Basic Books 1999Description: xxi, 776pISBN:

9780465026562 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

510.1 HOF

Summary: "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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Mathematics	510.1 HOF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003731
Book	Plaksha University Library	Mathematics	510.1 HOF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003633
Book	Plaksha University Library	Mathematics	510.1 HOF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003130
Book	Plaksha University Library	Mathematics	510.1 HOF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	09/03/2024	002780

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"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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