I am a strange loop (Record no. 565010)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780465030798 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | IIT Kanpur |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 153 |
| Item number | H677i |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Hofstadter, Douglas R. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | I am a strange loop |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Douglas R. Hofstadter |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Basic Books |
| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Place of publication | New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xix, 412p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the "strange loop" -a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. The most central and complex symbol in your brain is the one called "I." The "I" is the nexus in our brain, one of many symbols seeming to have free will and to have gained the paradoxical ability to push particles around, rather than the reverse. How can a mysterious abstraction be real-or is our "I" merely a convenient fiction? Does an "I" exert genuine power over the particles in our brain, or is it helplessly pushed around by the laws of physics? These are the mysteries tackled in I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter's first book-length journey into philosophy since Gödel, Escher, or Bach. Compulsively readable and endlessly thought-provoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry into the nature of the mind. |
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| Topical Term | Consciousness |
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| Topical Term | Self (Philosophy) |
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| Topical Term | Soul |
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| Topical Term | Intellect |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| General Stacks | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2022-06-06 | 102 | 1030.21 | 153 H677i | A185712 | 1459.27 | Books |