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Hofstadter directs the center for research on concepts and cognition at indiana university, and is the college of arts and sciences professor of. Hofstadter s collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern. Questing for the essence of mind and pattern by douglas hofstadter. Viruslike sentences and selfreplicating structures, authordouglas richard hofstadter, year1983.
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Unfortunately this is coming off more negative than i would like, and this is due to my mood concerning it at the finish. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes, may not include cds or access codes. In the mid80s, while reading through my roommates collection of scientific american back issues, i encountered this introduction to lisp written by douglas hofstadter. I should like, however, to take advantage of this opening paragraph to warn those. Excerpts from douglas hofstadter s metamagical themas a collection mostly of articles he wrote for scientific american. The prisoners dilemma computer tournaments and the. The prisoners dilemma computer tournaments and the evolution of cooperation may, 1983 life is filled with paradoxes and dilemmas. I found it very charming at the time, and provide it here somewhat illegally for the edification of a new generation of lispers. Questing for the essence of mind and pattern by douglas r. A selfmodifying game based on reflexivity in law section ii.
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Given that quark is a particle with d charge antiparticle w d, golomb calls a cw d twist quark, and a d twist an. Metamagical themas download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Both in his writing and in his teaching, hofstadter stresses the concrete, constantly using examples and. Publication date 1985 usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. Apr 16, 2012 the following 3 essays were prepared from pages 737780 of an ebook of metamagical themas. A followup on viral sentences and selfreplicating structures nomic. Most of hofstadters books feature some kind of structural alternation. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Hofstadters collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern.
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