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... professors, because I was otherwise an exemplary philosophy student.
Then, a few years out, I read Douglas Hofstadter's I Am a Strange Loop, and now I'm a materialist. A lot of people thought it was a pretty hackneyed book, but it honestly changed my life. I'd be curious to hear what you ... ... politics, and philosophy. Starting off with Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia; and Douglas Hofstadter's I Am a Strange Loop.
... behind, his co-author Harriet Vyner needed to do something more.
Still dipping into Douglas R Hofstadter's I am a Strange Loop. Still dipping into Douglas R Hofstadter's I am a Strange Loop, I love reading him - but find it remarkably hard to stay with it for very long; I now have this and Le Ton Beau de Marot part read. I finished both The Quest by Wilbur Smith great action adventures - a little more mystical ... ... Point this week, as well as a book for my local book club, The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley.
I want to pick up Douglas Hofstader again, and finish Godel, Escher, Bach before starting I Am a Strange Loop.
FWIW, to those who posted last week, Ngaio Marsh stories are terrific. ... ... adventure with some vague associations to 'real' history and geography. Also startign to dip into Douglas Hofstadter's I am a Strange Loop, his latest exploration of what it means to be conscious. ... s.
* A small frustration from the professional community, related to much of GEB and his later work, such as I am a Strange Loop: Hofstadter has spent years on the idea that self-reference, specifically in the form of "strange loops" are at the core of identity and intelligence, ... ... Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age
150 Psychology: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
153 Mental processes & intelligence: I Am a Strange Loop or The Mismeasure of Man
154 Subconscious & altered states: The Interpretation of Dreams
155 Differential & developmental psychology: Type Talk ... ... around philosophy in a similar way. I've found exactly one book outside the psychology classifications that interests me (I am a strange loop by Douglas Hofstadter). And while I certainly see the value in philosophy, I struggled enough when I was reading it with the guidance of professors. I ... ... obable
011 Bibilographies - Book Lust
069 Museology (Museum Science) - Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
110 Ontology - I am a strange loop
200 Religion - The Devil is a Gentleman
220 Bible - The Year of Living Biblically or God's Secretaries
228 Revelation - A History of the End ... I just delved into I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter who penned Godel, Escher, Bach 28 years ago. Yikes! 28 years? I am getting old. I'm sure this one won't be a quick read as human consciousness is one of the great slippery subjects of all time. Hopefully, I'll get through without ... ... read was Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. I didn't notice it mentioned above. I recently saw in the bookstore I Am A Strange Loop, a new Hofstadter book on basically the same subjects, now from the perspective of a 50-something rather than 20-something. Looked interesting.
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