Sunday, February 24, 2008

I Am a Strange Loop

Douglas Hofstadter, Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University discusses his latest book I Am a Strange Loop on the Standford Philosophy Talk show:

What is it? Can a self, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? And if it can, how does THAT work? These and other questions of identity are central to I Am A Strange Loop, the latest book by Indiana University Philosopher Douglas Hofstadter, author of the acclaimed Godel, Escher, Bach. He joins hosts John Perry and Ken Taylor for a probing discussion of the self, the soul, and the strange loop that binds them.
Show can be streamed or downloaded here