Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern

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Basic Books, 5 Apr 1996 - Psychology - 880 pages
Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.

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This is a collection of the columns Douglas Hofstadter wrote for Scientific American when he took over Martin Gardner's regular "Mathematical Games" column. (The name of this book and of Hofstadter's ... Read full review

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While this is not exactly a review, I thought I'd leave a few comments here. I recently got this on Kindle, so I've been slowly revisiting a few choice bits here and there. For what it's worth, I was ... Read full review

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About the author (1996)

Douglas R. Hofstadter directs the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition at Indiana University, and is the College of Arts and Sciences professor of cognitive science and computer science. He is the author of several highly regarded books, including Gödel, Escher, Bach and Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies.

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