Chekhov's Mistress
It’s Out: I Am a Strange Loop
I find Hofstadter’s casual approach to really complex topics welcoming, but the topics remain just that, complex, and in the end I think I feel a little less smart having read him. Nonetheless, “I Am a Strange Loop” looks like an interesting continuation of Hofstadter’s thought.
From the book description:
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. Deep down, a human brain is a chaotic seething soup of particles, on a higher level it is a jungle of neurons, and on a yet higher level it is a network of abstractions that we call “symbols.” The most central and complex symbol in your brain or mine is the one we both call “I.”…
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g.e.b. and the fabric of reality are both great. i can’t wait to read i am. keep on poppin’.
– carlos (08/17 at 07:32 PM)
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: August 03, 2006
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