I am a strange loop
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Published
New York : Basic Books, c2007.
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xix, 412 pages : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Moab Library - Adult Non-fiction Book
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Published
New York : Basic Books, c2007.
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-382) and index.
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Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, a soul, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the "strange loop"--a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. The most central and complex symbol in your brain or mine is the one called "I." The "I" is the nexus in our brain, one of many symbols seeming to have free will and to have gained the paradoxical ability to push particles around, rather than the reverse. How can a mysterious abstraction be real--or is our "I" merely a convenient fiction? Does an "I" exert genuine power over the particles in our brain, or is it helplessly pushed around by the laws of physics?
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hofstadter, D. R. (2007). I am a strange loop . Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hofstadter, Douglas R., 1945-. 2007. I Am a Strange Loop. Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hofstadter, Douglas R., 1945-. I Am a Strange Loop Basic Books, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hofstadter, Douglas R. I Am a Strange Loop Basic Books, 2007.
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