Hofstadter i am a strange loop douglas hofstadter a u t h o r o f godel, escher, bach brilliant the most gripping 400 pages ive read in years. Douglas richard hofstadter, fodd 15 februari 1945, ar en amerikansk akademiker och forfattare. He is best known for his work on determining the distribution of charge and magnetic moment in the nuclei of atoms and of the nucleons themselves, for which he was awarded a nobel prize in 1961. View douglas hofstadter research papers on academia. Brief autobiographical statement by douglas hofstadter. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american scholar of cognitive. Smullyan the circular ruins jorge luis borges minds, brains, and programs john r. While this is clearly not a better book than the incomparable godel escher bachi would have to say that i enjoyed it more. Participants synopsis of the workshop on humor and cognition february 18 and 19, 1989.
Douglas hofstadter project gutenberg selfpublishing. He is best known for his work on determining the distribution of charge and magnetic. Robert hofstadter was an american physicist famous for his discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons. His indepth investigation of electron scattering in atomic nuclei led to the determination of the size and shape of the proton and the neutron, and earned.
Dec 29, 2019 in hofstadter s wife carol died suddenly of a brain tumor at only 42, leaving i am a strange loop is vintage hofstadter. However, the hofstwdter is that every part of the bookevery obscure analogy, every puzzling metaphormakes sense, in a certain sense. Its truth can only be proven by arguing according to a set of rules called logic. Robert hofstadter biography childhood, life achievements.
David chalmers, robert french, and douglas hofstadter. Published by princeton university press 2014 isbn 10. Hum 0 r international journal of humor research 1989. Hayne of south carolina got into a fierce debate on the senate floor over. New scientist i am a strange loop is thoughtful, amusing and infectiously enthusiastic. R obert hofstadter, professor of physics at stanford university, was born in new york, n. Nancy hofstadter, robert hofstadter, laura hofstadter, peter jones. Smullyan a conversation with einsteins brain douglas r. Pdf highlevel perception, representation, and analogy. Hofstadter fiction robert nozick accessrestricteditem true addeddate 20120118 22. Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons. Godel escher bach by douglas hofstadter pdf bach made an impromptu visit to king frederick the great of prussia, and was. Brief autobiographical statement by douglas hofstadter december, 2014 i was born in manhattan in 1945, and spent the years 19471950 with my parents in princeton, new jersey.
A collection of hofstadter s monthly columns for scientific american from 19811983, with additional commentary, and previously unpublished dialogs and essays on the mind, the brain, the rubiks cube, the prisoners dilemma, etc. Oct 01, 2019 i am a strange loop is vintage hofstadter. Douglas richard hofstadter hohfstatur, a computer scientist, has used ideas from many fields, particularly from self. The material below has been received from douglas hofstadter and liane gabora of indiana university. Scott oreilly loops the loop with douglas hofstadter. Thats reason enough for me to believe in free will. Robert hofstadter biographical r obert hofstadter, professor of physics at stanford university, was born in new york, n. Robert hofstadter february 5, 1915november 17, 1990 by jerome i. Not so fast, protests pulitzer prizewinning cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter in i am a strange loop the thoughtful companion to godel, escher, bach, his.
Douglas hofstadter this paper describes tabletop, a comput er program that models human analogymak ing in a microworld consisting of a small table covered with ordinary table objects. Robert hofstadter february 5, 1915 november 17, 1990 was an american physicist. Hofstadter attended elementary and high schools in new york city, and was graduated in 1935 from the college of the city of new york with the b. This is my canonical version, following the usage in robert axelrod s book, the. So, a mirage that only exists because it perceives itself. Douglas hofstadter, best known for being a psychologist, was born in new. Minds i, the by douglas hofstadter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
A short history of the united states coral springs charter school. Douglas hofstadter, the pulitzer prizewinning author of godel, escher, bach, thinks weve lost sight of what artificial intelligence really means. Hofstadter ar formodligen mest kand for sin bok godel, escher, bach. The energy levels of bloch electrons in magnetic fields.
Partisanship, propaganda, and disinformation harvard dash. Pdf highlevel perceptionthe process of making sense of complex data at an abstract, conceptual levelis fundamental to human. Robert hofstadter was born in new york city, educated on the east coast, but spent most of his academic career at stanford university. Robert hofstadter was born circa 1915, at birth place, new york, to louis hofstadter and henrietta hofstadter. Review of the minds i by douglas hofstadter and daniel dennett 1981 december 2016 in book. In 1950, our family moved to stanford, california, where i grew up. I thought, im looking out the plane at a plain, which is also a plane.
Hum 0 r international journal of humor research 1989 volume 24. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of i, 2 3 consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. Now, predictably, you do for zwhat you did for y, and so on and so forth. By the time i flew to indiana to meet douglas hofstadter, i was so steeped in his writings that i found myself thinking like him, or like i like to think he thinks.
One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind. Fluid concepts creative analogies aws simple storage service. Hofstadter s loopy ideas nudged me onto the path of science writing in the early 1980s, and they drew me to bloomington, indiana, in the winter of 2016. Hofstadter has 30 books on goodreads with 276154 ratings. Felix bloch and robert hofstadter sitting atop a peak in californias. Godel, escher, and bach are deeply intertwined in this very short dialogue. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.
May 05, 2020 also, those forced injections of wonder and whimsy start to take on the flavor of little plugs for the personal fantasticness of douglas hofstadter. His indepth investigation of electron scattering in atomic nuclei led to the determination of the size and shape of the proton and the neutron, and earned him a share of the 1961 nobel prize in physics which he was jointly awarded with rudolf mossbauer. Oct 16, 2019 hofstadter is the son of nobel prizewinning physicist robert hofstadter. A selfreferential column about last januarys column about selfreference. The democracy sourcebook robert dahl, ian shapiro, and jose antonio cheibub, editors. Excerpts from douglas hofstadters metamagical themas a collection mostly of articles he wrote for.
Physicist robert hofstadter studied under edward condon, and won the nobel prize for physics in 1961 shared with rudolf mossbauer for his studies of the atomic nucleus. An american scientist who was a joint recipient of the nobel prize for physics in 1961 for his investigations of protons and neutrons, which revealed the hitherto unknown structure of these particles, robert hofstadter was born into a jewish family in new york city on february 5. For more than a decade after its appearance in 1955, its interpretations shaped. Little r obert hofstadter was born in new york city, educated on the east coast, but spent most of his academic career at stanford university.
Robert hofstadter historical records and family trees. At their request, the third from the last section was contributed by victor raskin and the second from the last by salvatore attardo, both of purdue university. Begins with a remarkable threetiered or trichunked, or drilldown. Listen to hofstadter talk about beauty in his home in bloomington, indiana, march 18, 2016. The man who would teach machines to think the atlantic. If one squints, it simply looks like the rising 45degree line y x, but if one. From the early 1930s onwards, theoretical physicists strove to understand the behavior of electrons in a crystal when the crystal was placed in a. Thomas nagel an espistemological nightmare raymond m. I really like how the author highlights the difference between the set of axioms and the set of theorems in any formal system, with the former always having a decision procedure, while the latter. Douglas hofstadter, laura hofstadter, molly hofstadter early life. He was the joint winner of the 1961 nobel prize in physics together with rudolf mossbauer for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons. Once the outer message is fully understood, there is no need for the inner message, since the inner messages can be reconstructed once we have fully developed the outer message. Richard hofstadter, the american politi cal tradition and the men wh.
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