The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
Author(s): Daniel C. Dennett
From some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness. 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 as explored through the writings of some of the twentieth century's most renowned thinkers.
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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 "Godel, 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 Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
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- : The Perseus Books Group
- : Perseus Books,U.S.
- : 0.733
- : 30 November 2000
- : 236mm X 156mm X 35mm
- : United States
- : books
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- : Daniel C. Dennett
- : Paperback
- : 1200
- : 512
- : illustrations