Contribution from Dave Goldberg, Ellen Goldberg, Jing Han, Douglas Hofstadter and Erica Jen

2014 ◽  
pp. 71-92
Keyword(s):  
Douglas Hofstadter

Tropes of entanglement and strange loops in the “Nine Avowals” of the Chuci

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Morrow Williams
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Strange Loop ◽  
Strange Loops ◽  
Douglas Hofstadter ◽  
Formal Features

AbstractThe literary form and rhetorical structure of ancient Chinese poems have not been sufficiently studied. The “Jiu zhang” 九章 (Nine Avowals) attributed to Qu Yuan 屈原 contain distinctive formal features which are highly suggestive for interpretations of Qu Yuan's life and works. At the level of rhetoric, the protagonist frequently describes his own mental state using metaphors of knots and entanglement. At the level of form, the internal structure of the poems, and “Chou si” 抽思 (Unravelled Yearnings) in particular, involves series of overlapping, cross-referencing units that recall the “strange loop” discussed by Douglas Hofstadter as a model of human consciousness. Reading these poems is not just a matter of reconstructing their historical contexts but also of understanding their intended effects on the reader, who is effectively transported into a simulation of Qu Yuan's mind.

Interview with Daniel C. Dennett

1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-414 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Intentional Stance ◽  
Cognitive Ethology ◽  
Daniel Dennett ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
Cognitive Studies ◽  
Douglas Hofstadter

Daniel Dennett was educated at Harvard and Oxford, receiving his D.Phil. in 1965. After six years at University of California Irvine, he moved to Tufts, where he is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies. It is the author of articles on many issues in artificial intelligence, psychology, and cognitive ethology, as well as in philosophy. His books are Content and Consciousness (1969), Brainstorms (1978), The Mind's I (with Douglas Hofstadter, 1981). Elbow Room (1984), The Intentional Stance (1987), and Consciousness Explained (1991). His new book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, will be published by Simon & Schuster in spring, 1995.

Some strategies for teaching a course based on Gödel, Escher, Bach

2017 ◽  
Vol 101 (550) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
Stephen Andrilli
Keyword(s):  
La Salle University ◽  
Douglas Hofstadter

In 1979, Douglas Hofstadter published a Pulitzer prizewinning classic, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an eternal golden braid [1], henceforward referred to as GEB. I have presented a course at La Salle University based on GEB eleven times during the last twenty-one years. From these experiences, I present below some useful strategies for instructors who are interested in teaching a course where at least half of GEB is covered in some depth.

scholarly journals The Mozart Effect II And Other Communication/Learning Links

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Victor Selman ◽  
Ruth Corey Selman ◽  
Jerry Selman ◽  
Elsie Selman
Keyword(s):  
Mozart Effect ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Douglas Hofstadter

I believe that a nation that allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself.Richard Dreyfuss, star of Mr. Hollands Opus @ the Grammy Awards (1996)Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote,Cleanse the full bosom of that perilous stuff Which weights upon the heart . . .Macbeth, reflecting on music in Macbeth, ShakespeareIs a soul greater than the hum of its parts?Douglas Hofstadter, The Minds Eye

Rencontre avec Douglas Hofstadter et Emmanuel Sander : L'analogie est le coeur de la cognition

2013 ◽  
Vol N° 248 (5) ◽  
pp. 7-7
Author(s):  
Douglas Hofstadter ◽  
Emmanuel Sander ◽  
Jean-François Dortier
Keyword(s):  
Douglas Hofstadter
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