Ebook {Epub PDF} I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter

 · I Am a Strange Loop. Douglas R Hofstadter. Basic Books, Aug 1, - Philosophy - pages. 17 Reviews. One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from -- and how our selves can exist in the 3/5(17). These are the mysteries tackled in I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter's first book-length journey into philosophy since Gödel, Escher, Bach. Compulsively readable and endlessly thought-provoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry into the nature of mind.  · These are the mysteries tackled in I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter's first book-length journey into philosophy since Gödel, Escher, Bach. Compulsively readable and endlessly thought-provoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry into the nature of mind.

Douglas R. Hofstadter is best-known for his book Gödel, Escher, Bach (GEB for short). In his latest book, I am a Strange Loop, he visits once again many of the themes originally presented in that book. The interview below was conducted in September and was originally published, in Hebrew, in the online culture magazine Haayal Hakore. The interview was conducted by Tal Cohen and Yarden. I just finished Hofstadter's "I Am a Strange Loop" and was thoroughly disappointed. The author uses + pages to say something that could just as I read Hofstadter's "Gödel, Escher, Bach" many years ago and was completely taken aback by the author's brilliant style and insight. Read the world's #1 book summary of I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter here. Read a brief 1-Page Summary or watch video summaries curated by our expert team. Note: this book guide is not affiliated with or endorsed by the publisher or author, and we always encourage you to purchase and read the full book.

“I Am a Strange Loop scales some lofty conceptual heights, but it remains very personal, and it’s deeply colored by the facts of Hofstadter’s later life. In Hofstadter’s wife Carol died suddenly of a brain tumor at only 42, leaving him with two young children to care for I Am a Strange Loop is a work of rigorous thinking.” — Time. I 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 brains. Deep down, a human brain What do we mean when we say "I"?. I Am a Strange Loop is a book by Douglas Hofstadter, examining in depth the concept of a strange loop to explain the sense of "I". The concept of a strange loop was originally developed in his book Gödel, Escher, Bach. In the end, we are self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages that are little miracles of self-reference.