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Hofstadter, Douglas Richard 1945-

Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid / Douglas R. Hofstadter. - New York : Vintage Books, 1989 - xxi, 777 p. : il., 152 figuras - Philosophy and science .

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.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book applies Godel's seminal contribution to modern mathematics to the study of the human mind and the development of artificial intelligence.

ISBN: 0-394-75682-7

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gödel, Kurt 1906-1978
Escher, Maurits Cornelis 1898-1972
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750

Subjects--Topical Terms:
FILOSOFIA DE LA MENTE
CIENCIA COGNITIVA
CONCIENCIA
EMERGENCIA [FILOSOFIA]
GÖDEL, TEOREMA DE
BUCLE EXTRAÑO [HOFSTADTER]
LEY DE HOFSTADTER
ROMPECABEZAS MU [HOFSTADTER]

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 165.12:511.1