I Am a Strange Loop: Douglas Hofstadter Belletristik und Philosophie, eine faszinierende Erkundung des Selbst und des Bewusstseins durch das Konzept des 'strange loop'.

I Am a Strange Loop

I Am a Strange Loop

I Am a Strange Loop

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 minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, ' 'I' ' arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? 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. The most central and complex symbol in your brain is the one called ' 'I.' ' The ' 'I' ' is the nexus in our brain, 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 genuine power over the particles in our brain, or is it helplessly pushed around by the laws of physics? 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.

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Anzahl der Seiten: 436, Autor: Hofstadter, Douglas R,, Erscheinungsjahr: 2008, Fachbereich: Themen der Philosophie, Format: Hardcover, Genre: Philosophie/Populäre Darstellungen, Hersteller: Hachette Book Group USA, Maße: 233x151x33 mm, Produktart: Bücher, Publikationsname: I Am a Strange Loop, Sprache: eng, Verlag: Hachette Book Group USA

I Am a Strange Loop

Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, I\ arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop a

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Publisher: Basic Books, Country of Publication: United States, Weight: 450 grams, Date of Publication: 20080708, Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Release Title: I Am a Strange Loop, Artist: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Musiktitel: I Am a Strange Loop, Film-/Fernseh-Titel: I Am a Strange Loop, Zeitschriftentitel: I Am a Strange Loop, Breite: 15 cm, Format: Taschenbuch, Erscheinungsjahr: 2008, Anzahl der Seiten: 436 Seiten, Autor: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Verlag: Hachette Book Group Usa, Sprache: Englisch, Buchtitel: I am A Strange Loop, Gewicht: 461 g

I Am a Strange Loop

I Am a Strange Loop