Gödel, Escher, BachRecommendations
About the book
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll.
Douglas 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.
People recommending Gödel, Escher, Bach
What readers say about ‘Gödel, Escher, Bach’
David Deutsch on Gödel, Escher, Bach
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
Sahil Lavingia on Gödel, Escher, Bach
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
Steve Jurvetson on Gödel, Escher, Bach
Steve Jurvetson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Demis Hassabis on Gödel, Escher, Bach
"Tying together Gödel's incompleteness theory with mathematics, with Escher's drawings, and Bach's fugues. And showing they're all related in some way."
Kevin Kelly on Gödel, Escher, Bach
"Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level."
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