The Mind's I.

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T H E
_DAZZLES THE IMAGINATION._
Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, THE MIND'S I is a searching, probing
book—a cosmic journey of the mind—that goes as deeply into the problem of
self and self-consciousness as anything written in our time. From verbalizing
chimpanzees to scientific speculations involving machines with souls, from
the mesmerizing, mazelike fiction of Borges to the tantalizing, dreamlike
fiction of Lem and his Princess Ineffabelle, her circuits glowing red and gold,
THE MIND'S I opens the mind to the Black Box of fantasy, to the windfalls
of reflection, to new dimensions of exciting possibilities.
Computer scientist Douglas R* Hofstadter won the 1980 Pulitzer
Prize for general nonfiction with GODEL, ESCHER, BACH, a
synthesis of mathematics, art and music* Now he and philosopher
Daniel C* Dennett have collaborated on an anthology of stories, essays
and their own thoughts about human and artificial intelligence»
"Ever since David Hume declared in the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

T H E
_DAZZLES THE IMAGINATION._
Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, THE MIND'S I is a searching, probing
book—a cosmic journey of the mind—that goes as deeply into the problem of
self and self-consciousness as anything written in our time. From verbalizing
chimpanzees to scientific speculations involving machines with souls, from
the mesmerizing, mazelike fiction of Borges to the tantalizing, dreamlike
fiction of Lem and his Princess Ineffabelle, her circuits glowing red and gold,
THE MIND'S I opens the mind to the Black Box of fantasy, to the windfalls
of reflection, to new dimensions of exciting possibilities.
Computer scientist Douglas R* Hofstadter won the 1980 Pulitzer
Prize for general nonfiction with GODEL, ESCHER, BACH, a
synthesis of mathematics, art and music* Now he and philosopher
Daniel C* Dennett have collaborated on an anthology of stories, essays
and their own thoughts about human and artificial intelligence»
"Ever since David Hume declared in the 18th century that the Self is only a
heap of perceptions, the poor Ego has been in a shaky condition
indeed Mind and consciousness become dispensable items in our
accounts of reality, ghosts in the bodily machine Yet there are indications
here and there that the tide may be turning and the appearance of THE
MIND'S I, edited by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett, seems
a welcome sign of changer-William Barrett, The New York Times Book Review
"INVIGORATING A HEAVY
SET OF TENNIS FOR THE BRAIN.'—Village Voice
"EXHILARATING"—Washington Post Vissza