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Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Hofstadter - College Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science; Adjunct
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Psychology At Indiana University.

Books Written By Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid. (1979) New York: Basic Books
The Mind's I : Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul. New York: Basic Books  (With Daniel Dennet) 1981  Purchase
Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern. (1985) New York: Basic Books.
Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies.  Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.(1995) New York: Basic Books.
Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language. (1997) New York: Basic Books.

Professional Reviews and Responses

Review of Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies, by Douglas Hofstadter

Web Reviews, Discussions and Papers

Bach, math, and nerdliness

Papers Written by Hofstadter

Links Pages

From Susan Stepney  (Susan Stepney's Home Page)
Eighth World
Math for Poets
Mårten's GEB Page
EGB Dialogues - Go here, read Three Part Invention,. Crab Canon and Contrafactus if you don't understand why I like Hofstadter.  If you still don't understand, rest assured my being nice to you is just a subtle form of condescension you'll never crack.
Christopher Hogan's Hofstadter page.
Don't believe anything you read
Gallery of Mathematics / Self-referential Sentences
 

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