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Loading... The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (1981)by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Editor), Daniel C. Dennett (Editor), Harold J. Morowitz (Contributor)
  
None No current Talk conversations about this book. A lot of good stuff here, but as a collection from many different writers it's not exactly coherent. (  ) steve02476 | Jan 3, 2023 |  Fun, now dated. ( ) farrhon | Aug 13, 2020 | This book was a lot of fun to read. It's a collection of science fiction short stories and mostly-easy-to-read philosophical essays about consciousness, perception, artificial intelligence, etc. It was published 30 years ago, but it shows almost no signs of being outdated, probably because these are some of the most difficult problems to address in both science and philosophy. (  ) joshuagomez | May 31, 2019 | An excellent collection of writings of all sorts, with brief but insightful comments from Hofstadter and Dennett. ( ) mrgan | Oct 30, 2017 | , thesis research source gesophrosunt | Jul 23, 2016 |
 More philosophical fun and games, some of a very high order, from the authors of, respectively, Godel, Escher, Bach, and Brainstorms. Actually, this is an anthology, and there are some 17 other contributors, but Hofstadter and Dennett take turns commenting on all 27 pieces, so they can claim to have "composed and arranged" it. (...) The writing is without exception polished or at least clear and readable, the topic is steadily interesting, and the dialectical fireworks make a fascinating spectacle.
With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology, and other disciplines. In selections that range from fiction to scientific speculations about thinking machines, artificial intelligence, and the nature of the brain, Hofstadter and Dennett present a variety of conflicting visions of the self and the soul as explored through the writings of some of the twentieth century's most renowned thinkers. No library descriptions found. 
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