[MD] I Am a Strange Loop

[ian glendinning]

Good spot Platt, I shall look out for that ...

"The thing that represents itself" ... the stange loop that is I ...
the answer to the question posed.

Strange that I've not seen you own up to Hofstadter before - you've
seemed to pooh-pooh any mention of recursive, cyclical causation.

Ian

On 2/21/07, Platt Holden <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I see in this morning's news that Douglas Hofstadter, author of "Godel,
> Escher, Bach" has a new book out whose title is the same as the subject of
> this post. From the review I read, the new book pulls out the big themes
> of GEB and develops them into a more focused picture of consciousness. Of
> most interest to me, Hofstadter goes straight to the question I have posed
> a number of times here, namely, "Who is the I that knows me?" Further,
> Hofstadter confirms Pirsig's view that intellect (the highest form of
> consciousness) is a symbol system with "the power to represent itself."
> Finally, like me and others, Hofstadter attributes consciousness to lower
> organisms such as flies, and suggests such "soulness" might be measured by
> units he calls "hun-e-kers."
>
> So this is a book I'll add to my must read list. I'm sure others here will
> do likewise.
>
> Best,
> Platt
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