The Mind's I : Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul

Douglas R Hofstadter; Austin B Fletcher Professor of Philosophy Daniel C Dennett
Basic Books
9780465030910
0-465-03091-2

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.

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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.