by katie
Type: documentary
Status: I recommend
Author: Douglas Hofstadter
Tags: philosophy math metaphors cognitive_science brains
Description: Some of it is beyond me, of course, but a great exercise in thinking about thinking -- especiallySome of it is beyond me, of course, but a great exercise in thinking about thinking -- especially about what makes an "I" to think. The idea of self and interiority developing over time via encounters that Hofstadter compares to "video loops" -- a camera trained on its own output, feeding back into itself endlessly and settling into a stable pattern eventually. His use of and belief in metaphor is central and effective....
2007-08-03
