Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Douglas R. Hofstadter is an American scholar of cognitive science, philosophy, and comparative literature. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid' and his later work 'I Am a Strange Loop,' which explore consciousness, self-reference, and the nature of intelligence. Hofstadter is a professor of cognitive science and comparative literature at the University of Michigan.

Books by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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I Am a Strange Loop
Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Douglas R. Hofstadter explores the 'strange loop' of self, arguing that consciousness comes from the paradoxical, self-referential feedback in our brains, where an abstract 'I' appears to defy the particles that create it.