All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. You would not find the boundaries of the soul no matter how many paths you traveled, so deep is its. Today, more than two thousand years after heraclitus wrote those words, science has shrunk the boundaries of the soul considerably. Audio books became a part of our lives thanks their usability, the demand for them is constantly growing. Read by greg baglia audiobook excerpt by hachetteaudio published on 20180914t14. I am a strange loop is a 2007 book by douglas hofstadter, examining in depth the concept of a strange loop to explain the sense of i.
I am a strange loop audible audiobook unabridged douglas r. By using the analogy of godels incompleteness theorem, a mathematical system that looks at itself, hofstadter shows how indirect mappings in the human mind can loop back on itself and. And the book does an excellent job of presenting his views on just how the i forms in a brain, what kind of hardware may be necessary for an i, what kinds of i am out there, and on. To download audio mp3 files of any audiobook, scroll down on its page and find a list of file sizes under vbr mp3, right click on it and select save link. The forms around us, says sri nisargadatta maharaj, are constituted of the five elements. 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. New york, ny, 2007 isbn 0465030785 pb order this book. The concept of a strange loop was originally developed in his 1979. You would not find the boundaries of the soul no matter how many paths you traveled, so deep is its measure. Review of hofstadter, douglas r i am a strange loop. Listen to i am a strange loop audiobook by douglas r. Why isnt the douglas hofstadter book godel, escher, bach. I am a strange loop i am a strange loop audiobook, by douglas hofstadter. Follow these simple steps in order to download any audio book from youtube.
Jan 19, 2018 i think that would be an interesting but difficult project one that i suspect would appeal to hofstadter himself. By exploring common themes in the lives and works of logician kurt godel, artist m. Author of the new york times best seller the beginning of infinity, david deutsch, explores the four most fundamental strands of human knowledge. The most central and complex symbol in your brain is the one called i. Download i am a strange loop audiobook or any other file from books category. Bloomberg news i am a strange loop is vintage hofstadter.
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I am a strange loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the strange loopa special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. I am a strange loop is wellknown and loved by lots of geeky readers, but i cant really count myself as one of them, sadly. Tolle declares that the ego or thinking mind is the cause of all the poisons of our civilization and the only hope for us as a species is to embrace awareness and presence and escape the thinking mind that feeds our needs for. In the end, we are selfperceiving, selfinventing, lockedin mirages that are little miracles of selfreference. Wall street journal i am a strange loop scales some lofty. Download i am a strange loop douglas r hofstadter audiobook torrent or any other torrent from audio audio books direct download via magnet link. I have an interesting perspective on this title because the book i read just before it was the new earth by eckhart tolle, a book grounded in zen buddhist philosophy. Doug hofstadters latest book, i am a strange loop, is partly a reworking of and partly a sequel to his celebrated godel, escher and bach published back in 1979. For the large part of douglas hofstaders life he has been interested in the underpinnings of consciousness. Compulsively readable and endlessly thoughtprovoking. Followers of douglas hofstadters journey into consciousness and self will enjoy his long awaited return to these themes in i am a strange loop, his. Compulsively listenable and endlessly thoughtprovoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry into the nature of mind. The concept of a strange loop was originally developed in his 1979 book godel, escher, bach.
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