Anti intellectualis m in american life by richard hofstadter. Richard hofstadter was dewitt clinton professor of american history at columbia university. Sep 10, 2009 in this presidential lecture, cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter examines the role and contributions of analogy in cognition, using a variety of analogies to illustrate his points. A collection of hofstadters monthly columns for scientific american from 19811983, with additional commentary, and previously unpublished dialogs and essays on the mind, the brain, the rubiks cube, the prisoners dilemma, etc. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of i, consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. He is probably best known for his book godel, escher, bach. Pulitzerprize winner douglas hofstadter takes on some weighty and wonderful questions in i am a strange loopamong them, the size of a soul and the vagaries of thoughtand proposes persuasive answers that surprised me both with their simplicity and their sense of optimism. Douglas richard hofstadter hohfstatur, a computer scientist, has used ideas from many fields, particularly from selfreferential systems, to illustrate the subtle ways in which the human mind. Professeur, center for research on concepts and cognition, indiana university, bloomington en 2001. Ite biases introduced by these formulations are clearly laden with.
An eternal golden braid is still something of a marvel. New scientist i am a strange loop is thoughtful, amusing and infectiously enthusiastic. Antiintellectualism in american life is a book which throws light on many features of the american character. Douglas richard hofstadter, fodd 15 februari 1945, ar en amerikansk akademiker och forfattare. Richard hofstadter august 6, 1916 october 24, 1970 was an american historian and public intellectual of the mid20th century hofstadter was the dewitt clinton. Ksiazka znana pod inicjalami geb stala sie dzielem. The main characters of this science, non fiction story are. This book inspired thousands of students to begin careers in computing and artificial intelligence. You would not find the boundaries of the soul no matter how many paths you traveled, so deep is its measure. This posting will discuss the views of douglas hofstadter who is professor of computer science and cognitive science at indiana university. All content in this area was uploaded by michael richard starks on dec 14, 2016. Review of the minds i by douglas hofstadter and daniel dennett 1981. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american scholar of cognitive. It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into.
Douglas hofstadter is an american author who has written several books about philosophy, mathematics, and science. Twenty years after it topped the bestseller charts, douglas r. In that sense, then, my article shares with richard dawkinss eyeopening book the selfish gene dawkins. An age of realism by richard hofstadter wherever the real power in a government lies, there is the danger of oppression.
The book opens with the story of bachs musical offering. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american academic whose research focuses on consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. The paranoid style in american politics harpers magazine. Hofstadter, a noted author, cognitive scientist and proud stanford son, returns to stanford in february, 2006, with a lecture called analogy as the core of cognition. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 in new york, new york is an american academic. Read godel, escher, bach pdf an eternal golden braid by douglas r. Hofstadter basic books winner of the pulitzer prizea metaphorical. Today, more than two thousand years after heraclitus wrote those words, science has shrunk the boundaries of the soul considerably. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 822 pages and is available in paperback format. It had been around a long time before the radical right discovered itand its targets have ranged from the international bankers to masons, jesuits, and munitions makers.
View douglas hofstadter research papers on academia. Douglas hofstadter is a professor of cognitive science and comparative literature at indiana university at bloomington. The first edition of the novel was published in 1979, and was written by douglas r. Review of douglas hofstadter i am a strange loop 2007.
The man who would teach machines to think the atlantic. His book antiintellectualism in american life was awarded the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction in 1964. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in american life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society. The minds i fantasies and reflections on self and soul.
Hofstadter was the dewitt clinton professor of american history at columbia university. Hofstadter approaches the mind from the perspective of the computer sciences, in that there are both hardware and software aspects of human intelligence. Having accepted but wavering as to what to say, i finally chose to eschew technicalities and instead to convey a. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. To reach douglas hofstadter, you can find his public contact information online. Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of bach, the artwork of escher, and the mathematics of godel. Jan 30, 2018 douglas hofstadter is a professor of cognitive science and comparative literature at indiana university at bloomington. Hofstadters pulitizer prizewinning book godel, escher. Hofstadter once upon a time, i was invited to speak at an analogy workshop in the legendary city of sofia in the faroff land of bulgaria. The eternal golden braid is not realized by h to be our innate evolutionary psychology, now. An eternal golden braid often called geb, as our guide. In recent years we have seen angry minds at work mainly among extreme rightwingers, who have now demonstrated. Douglas grew up on the campus of st douglas richard hofstadter is an american academic whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity. Hofstadter ar formodligen mest kand for sin bok godel, escher, bach.
Hofstadter is college of arts and sciences professor of cognitive science, and director of the center for research on concepts and cognition, at indiana university. It won both the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction 1 2 and a national. In this presidential lecture, cognitive scientist douglas hofstadter examines the role and contributions of analogy in cognition, using a variety of analogies to illustrate his points. He is perhaps most famous for his book godel, escher, bach which explores strange loops, or selfreferential systems. Richard hofstadter, the american political tradition and the men who made it new york, 1948, viiviii. Publication date 1985 usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. The man who would teach machines to think douglas hofstadter, the pulitzer prizewinning author of godel, escher, bach, thinks weve lost sight of what artificial intelligence really means. Jun 21, 2016 einstein lecture by douglas hofstadter duration. Begins with a remarkable threetiered or trichunked, or drilldown. Richard hofstadter digitalpublicationdate 20030924 00.
As an adjective, meta informally refers to anything selfreferential, like the last. Richard hofstadter august 6, 1916 october 24, 1970 was an american historian and public intellectual of the mid20th century. Rejecting his earlier communist approach to history, in the 1950s he came closer to the concept of consensus history, and. Oalthough the influence of consensus and equilibrium upon social theory is, of course, outside the scope of this paper, a further observation might still be in order.
Douglas richard hofstadter is an american scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity. I am a strange loop by douglas hofstadter issue 78. American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. Douglas hofstadter project gutenberg selfpublishing. Now what is the connection between the recursive processes of this chapter, and the recursive sets of. From 1942 to 1946 he taught at the university of maryland and. Kurt godel centenary full lectures from the princeton institute for advanced study duration. Washington post book world fascinatingoriginal and thoughtprovoking. Hofstadter douglas godel escher bach les brins dune guirlande. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of i, 2 3 consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. When i think about translation i think about creating a text in a second language that is equally good as the text was in the original language. Hofstadter is a gifted raconteur and a master of metaphor.
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