The Mind's I,9780465030910

The Mind's I

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ISBN13: 9780465030910
ISBN10: 0465030912
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-17
Publisher(s): Hachette Book Group USA
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Douglas R. Hofstadter is College Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. His previous books are the Pulitzer Prizewinning Gödel, Escher, Bach; Metamagical Themas, The Mind’s I, Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies, Le Ton Beau de Marot, and Eugene Onegin. Daniel C. Dennett is Distinguished Arts and Sciences Professor, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction 3(16)
I. A Sense of Self
Borges and I
19(4)
Jorge Luis Borges
Reflections
20(3)
On Having No Head
23(11)
D. E. Harding
Reflections
30(4)
Rediscovering the Mind
34(19)
Harold J. Morowitz
Reflections
42(11)
II. Soul Searching
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
53(16)
A. M. Turing
Reflections
67(2)
The Turing Test: A Coffeehouse Conversation
69(27)
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Reflections
92(4)
The Princess Ineffabelle
96(4)
Stanislaw Lem
Reflections
99(1)
The Soul of Martha, a Beast
100(9)
Terrel Miedaner
Reflections
106(3)
The Soul of the Mark III Beast
109(10)
Terrel Miedaner
Reflections
113(6)
Spirit
119(5)
Allen Wheelis
Reflections
122(2)
Selfish Genes and Selfish Memes
124(25)
Richard Dawkins
Reflections
144(5)
Prelude. . . Ant Fugue
149(53)
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Reflections
191(11)
The Story of a Brain
202(15)
Arnold Zuboff
Reflections
212(5)
IV. Mind as Program
Where Am I?
217(15)
Daniel C. Dennett
Reflections
230(2)
Where Was I?
232(10)
David Hawley Sanford
Reflections
240(2)
Beyond Rejection
242(11)
Justin Leiber
Reflections
252(1)
Software
253(16)
Rudy Rucker
Reflections
265(4)
The Riddle of the Universe and Its Solution
269(18)
Christopher Cherniak
Reflections
276(11)
V. Created Selves and Free Will
The Seventh Sally or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good
287(9)
Stanislaw Lem
Reflections
294(2)
Non Serviam
296(25)
Stanislaw Lem
Reflections
317(4)
Is God a Taoist?
321(23)
Raymond M. Smullyan
Reflections
341(3)
The Circular Ruins
344(9)
Jorge Luis Borges
Reflections
348(5)
Minds, Brains, and Programs
353(30)
John R. Searle
Reflections
373(10)
An Unfortunate Dualist
383(8)
Raymond M. Smullyan
Reflections
384(7)
VI. The Inner Eye
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
391(24)
Thomas Nagel
Reflections
403(12)
An Epistemological Nightmare
415(15)
Raymond M. Smullyan
Reflections
427(3)
A Conversation with Einstein's Brain
430(31)
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Reflections
457(4)
Fiction
461(4)
Robert Nozick
Further Reading 465(18)
Acknowledgments 483(1)
Index 484

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