Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern

Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.

Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 04/05/1996
Pages: 880
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.39lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.75w x 1.89d
ISBN13: 9780465045662
ISBN10: 0465045669
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
- Science | General
- Psychology | General

About the Author
Douglas Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His other books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid; Metamagical Themas; The Mind's I; Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies; Le Ton beau de Marot; and Surfaces and Essences, with Emmanuel Sander. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.