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082			_a510.1 _bHOF
100			_aDouglas R. Hofstadter
245			_aGödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid _cDouglas R. Hofstadter
260			_bBasic Books _c1979
300			_a777P
520			_aDouglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence. Gödel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.
650			_aPhilosophy and theory of mathematics
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