{"product_id":"the-minds-i-fantasies-and-reflections-on-self-and-soul","title":"The Mind's I - Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Douglas R Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003eDaniel C Dennett\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1981\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 501\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 014006253X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the mind?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho am I?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan machines think?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who confronts these questions runs headlong into perplexities. We conceived this book as an attempt to reveal those perplexities and make them vivid, This book, then, is designed to provoke, disturb and befuddle its readers, to make the obvious strange and, perhaps, to make the strange obvious-The Authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is their selection of strange thought-experiments, mind-stretching fantasies and humorous dialogues all designed to entice and tease the imagination into new and unexpected places. Like Godel, Escher, Bach, it is an extraordinary combination of science and art that will instruct and delight for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs the soul, as Hofstadter asks, combining two puns with a spoonerism, greater than the hum of its parts? If this ancient and dark metaphysical mystery has ever troubled you, buy this superb collection, with its equally wondrous commentaries.\u003cbr\u003e-Martin Gardner, author of Mathematical Circus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. A SENSE OF SELF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorges and I \u003cbr\u003eJorge Luis Borges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Having No Head \u003cbr\u003eD E Harding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRediscovering the Mind\u003cbr\u003eHarold J Morowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. SOUL SEARCHING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComputing Machinery and Intelligence\u003cbr\u003eA M Turning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Turing Test: A Coffeehouse Conversation\u003cbr\u003eDouglas R Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Princess Ineffabelle \u003cbr\u003eStanislaw Lem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul of Martha, a Beast \u003cbr\u003eTerrel Miedaner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul of the Mark III Beast\u003cbr\u003eTerrel Miedaner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpirit \u003cbr\u003eAllen Wheelis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelfish Genes and Selfish Memes\u003cbr\u003eRichard Dawkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrelude...Ant Fugure\u003cbr\u003eDouglas R Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of a Brain \u003cbr\u003eArnold Zuboff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. MIND AS PROGRAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Am I? \u003cbr\u003eDaniel C Dennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Was I?\u003cbr\u003eDavid Hawley Sanford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Rejection\u003cbr\u003eJustin Leiber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftware\u003cbr\u003eRudy Rucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Riddle of the Universe and Its Solution\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Cherniak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. CREATED SELVES AND FREE WILL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Seventh Sally or How Trurl's Own Perfection  Led to No Good\u003cbr\u003eStanislaw Lem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNon Serviam \u003cbr\u003eStanislaw Lem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs God a Taoist? \u003cbr\u003eRaymond M Smullyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Circular Ruins \u003cbr\u003eJorge Luis Borges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMinds, Brains, and Programs\u003cbr\u003eJohn R Searle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Unfortunate Dualist \u003cbr\u003eRaymond M Smullyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI. THE INNER EYE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Is It Like to Be a Bat?\u003cbr\u003eThomas Nagel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Epistemological Nightmare\u003cbr\u003eRaymond M Smullyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Conversation with Einstein's Brain\u003cbr\u003eDouglas R Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiction Robert Nozick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Douglas R Hofstadter \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153681019248,"sku":"13598","price":70.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/13598.jpg?v=1793912455","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-minds-i-fantasies-and-reflections-on-self-and-soul","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}