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In *Gödel, Escher, Bach*, Douglas Hofstadter examines how formal systems create mental activity and how the underlying map of these systems transcends the systems themselves. He argues that just as life and consciousness can emerge from formal chemical and neural substrates, computers may eventually acquire human‑level intelligence. The book surveys key concepts of cognitive science—meaning, reduction, recursion, self‑reference—and examines their intersections with mathematics, music, and symbolic logic in a richly interwoven discussion.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Philosophy/Philosophy of Mind
Authors: Douglas R. Hofstadter
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