Douglas Hofstadter
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Douglas Hofstadter is an American cognitive scientist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Gödel, Escher, Bach," which explores consciousness, self-reference, and the nature of mind through mathematics, art, and music.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Douglas Hofstadter canonical | 19 |
| Douglas R. Hofstadter | 1 |
| Michael Hofstadter | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
author
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cognitive scientist ⓘ human ⓘ professor ⓘ science writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Award for Nonfiction
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National Book Award for Science (US)
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction ⓘ
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Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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| awardReceivedFor |
Gödel, Escher, Bach
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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| birthDate | 1945-02-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
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United States
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| coAuthor |
Daniel Dennett
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Daniel C. Dennett
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| coAuthoredWork | The Mind’s I ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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University of Oregon ⓘ |
| employer |
Indiana University
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Indiana University Bloomington
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| familyName | Hofstadter ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
artificial intelligence
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cognitive science ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ consciousness studies ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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non-fiction ⓘ popular science ⓘ |
| givenName | Douglas ⓘ |
| hasResearchCenter | Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition ⓘ |
| influenced | popular understanding of cognitive science ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alan Turing
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Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ Kurt Gödel ⓘ M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gödel, Escher, Bach
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
popularization of concepts in cognitive science ⓘ work on self-reference and strange loops ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
analogy-making
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consciousness ⓘ creativity ⓘ formal systems ⓘ self-reference ⓘ |
| name | Douglas Hofstadter self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
translation of poetry
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writing on machine translation and AI ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gödel, Escher, Bach
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
I Am a Strange Loop ⓘ Le Ton beau de Marot ⓘ Metamagical Themas ⓘ The Mind’s I ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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cognitive scientist ⓘ translator ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
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Director of the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork |
Gödel, Escher, Bach
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979)
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| researchFocus |
computer simulations of thinking
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models of analogy-making in cognition ⓘ |
| residence | Bloomington, Indiana ⓘ |
| themeOfWork |
nature of mind
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self and identity ⓘ strange loops and recursion in cognition ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
Indiana University Cognitive Science Program
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Indiana University Department of Comparative Literature ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gödel, Escher, Bach
this entity surface form:
Douglas R. Hofstadter
this entity surface form:
Michael Hofstadter