The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Inscribed and Signed by Author)

Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett

ISBN 10: 0553014129 ISBN 13: 9780553014129

Published by Bantam, 1982

Language: English

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Paperback. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Grey glossy covers with eye illustration and black and blue text. With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology, and other disciplines. In selections that range from fiction to scientific speculations about thinking machines, artificial intelligence, and the nature of the brain, Hofstadter and Dennett present a variety of conflicting visions of the self and the soul. 501pp.Condition: Covers are mildly rubbed. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are sound. Full refund if not satisfied.

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Title

The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Inscribed and Signed by Author)

Publisher

Bantam

Publication Date

1982

Language

English

ISBN 10

0553014129

ISBN 13

9780553014129

Binding

paperback

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Very Good+

Signed

Inscribed and Signed by Author

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Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, The Mind's I is a searching, probing nook--a cosmic journey of the mind--that goes 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, maze-like fiction of Borges to the tantalizing, dreamlike fiction of Lem and Princess Ineffable, her circuits glowing read 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.

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Douglas R. Hofstadter is College Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. His previous books are the Pulitzer Prizewinning G�del, Escher, Bach Metamagical Themas, The Mind's I, Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies, Le Ton Beau de Marot, and Eugene Onegin. Daniel C. Dennett is Distinguished Arts and Sciences Professor, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the centre for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.

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