Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this seminal work by Douglas Hofstadter offers a profound exploration of the links between formal systems, minds, and machines. It delves into fascinating ideas central to cognitive science, including meaning, recursion, and reduction, suggesting that consciousness can emerge from formal systems just as life grows from chemical substrates.

• Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of formal systems and their relation to intelligence.
• Metaphorical fugue in the spirit of Lewis Carroll.
• Focuses on core cognitive science concepts: meaning, reduction, and recursion.
• Argues for the potential of computers attaining human intelligence based on formal systems.

• Author: Douglas Hofstadter
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 20th Anniversary ed.
• Format: Illustrated
• Language: English
• Print Length: 777 pages
• Publication Date: February 5, 1999
• ISBN-10: 0465026567
• ISBN-13: 978-0465026562
• Weight: 1.05 kg (1050g)
• Dimensions: 165 x 235 x 48mm (16.51 x 23.5 x 4.83 cm)

This text is highly relevant for students and researchers in Higher Mathematical Education and Mathematical Logic, exploring the foundational links between computation, formal proof, and emergent intelligence.

Discover Douglas Hofstadter's wonderful exploration of the intricate connections underlying thought and computation in this essential 20th Anniversary edition.