Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
765
Language
Japanese
Published
Jan 1, 1985
Publisher
白揚社
ISBN-10
4826900252
ISBN-13
9784826900256
Description
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.
Genres
Nature