I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter

I Am a Strange Loop

Douglas R. Hofstadter

412 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science reflective slow-paced
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One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from -- and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, "I" arise out of mere matter? I...

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