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? If it cannot,
then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the
key to understanding selves and consciousness is the "strange
loop"-a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our
brains. The most central and complex symbol in your brain is the
one called "I." The "I" is the nexus in our brain, one of many
symbols seeming to have free will and to have gained the
paradoxical ability to push particles around, rather than the
reverse. How can a mysterious abstraction be real-or is our "I"
merely a convenient fiction? Does an "I" exert genuine power over
the particles in our brain, or is it helplessly pushed around by
the laws of physics? These are the mysteries tackled in I Am a
Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter's first book-length journey into
philosophy since Goedel, Escher, Bach. Compulsively readable and
endlessly thought-provoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry
into the nature of mind.
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