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The Mind's I

by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett

Table of Contents


The Cover

Introduciton

Part I: A Sense of Self

Chapter 1: Borges and I
Chapter 2: On Having No Head
Chapter 3: Rediscovering the Mind

Part II: Soul Searching

Chapter 4: Computing Machinery And Intelligence
Chapter 5: The Turing test: A Coffeehouse Conversation
Chapter 6: The Princess Ineffabelle
Chapter 7: The Soul of Martha a Beast
Chapter 8: The Soul of the Mark III Beast

Part III: From Hardware to Software

Chapter 9: Spirit
Chapter 10: Selfish Genes And Selfish Memes
Chapter 11: Prelude . . . Ant Fugue
Chapter 12: The Story of a Brain

Part IV: Mind as a Program

Chapter 13: Where am I?
Chapter 14: Where was I?
Chapter 15: Beyond Rejection
Chapter 16: Software
Chapter 17: The Riddle of the Universe and Its Solution

Part V: Created Selves and Free Will

Chapter 18: The Seventh Sally or How Trurl’s Own Perfection Led to No Good
Chapter 19: Non Serviam
Chapter 20: Is God a Taoist?
Chapter 21: The Circular Ruins
Chapter 22: Minds, Brains and Programs
Chapter 23: An Unfortunate Dualist

Part VI: The Inner Eye

Chapter 24: What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
Chapter 25: An Epistemological Nightmare
Chapter 26: A Conversation with Einstein’s Brain
Chapter 27: Fiction

Further Reading

Index
©1981 Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett
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Chapters

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    • ▼  February (38)
      • The Cover
      • Preface
      • Introduction
      • Part I: A Sense of Self
      • Chapter 1: Borges and I
      • Chapter 2: On Having No Head
      • Chapter 3: Rediscovering the Mind
      • Part II: Soul Searching
      • Chapter 4: Computing Machinery And Intelligence
      • Chapter 5: The Turing test: A Coffeehouse Conversa...
      • Chapter 6: The Princess Ineffabelle
      • Chapter 7: The Soul of Martha a Beast
      • Chapter 8: The Soul of the Mark III Beast
      • Part III: From Hardware to Software
      • Chapter 9: Spirit
      • Chapter 10: Selfish Genes And Selfish Memes
      • Chapter 11: Prelude . . . Ant Fugue
      • Chapter 12: The Story of a Brain
      • Part IV: Mind as a Program
      • Chapter 13: Where am I?
      • Chapter 14: Where was I?
      • Chapter 15: Beyond Rejection
      • Chapter 16: Software
      • Chapter 17: The Riddle of the Universe and Its Sol...
      • Part V: Created Selves and Free Will
      • Chapter 18: The Seventh Sally or How Trurl’s Own P...
      • Chapter 19: Non Serviam
      • Chapter 20: Is God a Taoist?
      • Chapter 21: The Circular Ruins
      • Chapter 22: Minds, Brains and Programs
      • Chapter 23: An Unfortunate Dualist
      • Part VI: The Inner Eye
      • Chapter 24: What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
      • Chapter 25: An Epistemological Nightmare
      • Chapter 26: A Conversation with Einstein’s Brain
      • Chapter 27: Fiction
      • Further Reading
      • Index
 

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