“Meaning is an emergent property of a complex system.”

About Douglas Hofstadter

Cognitive Scientist • American

Douglas Hofstadter is an American cognitive scientist, physicist, and professor whose research includes concepts such as the self, consciousness, analogy-making, and creativity. His most famous work, "Gödel, Escher,...

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