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Douglas Hofstadter
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American physicist, computer scientist and professor of cognitive science
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Douglas Richard Hofstadter is an American philosopher, writer, university teacher, and computer scientist. Born in New York City in 1945, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was educated at Stanford University and the University of Oregon. His doctoral advisor was Gregory Wannier, and his father was Robert Hofstadter. He has worked at the University of Michigan and Indiana University, and his field of work is cognitive science.
Hofstadter is the author of notable works including *Gödel, Escher, Bach* and *I Am a Strange Loop*. Other works include *Strange Beauty* and *Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies*. He has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the National Book Award, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He speaks English, French, German, and Italian. His doctoral students include Melanie Mitchell and David Chalmers. Hofstadter practices veganism.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Strange Beauty
- Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- Victim of the Brain — Self1988
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Douglas Richard Hofstadter , ( 1945-02-15 ) 15 February 1945 (age 81) , New York City, US
- Education
- Stanford University ( BS ), University of Oregon (PhD)
- Known for
- Gödel, Escher, Bach , I Am a Strange Loop , Strange loop , Hofstadter's butterfly , Hofstadter's law , Quine (computing)
- Spouse s
- Carol Ann Brush (1985–1993; her death), Baofen Lin (2012–present)
- Awards
- National Book Award , Pulitzer Prize , Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
- Fields
- Cognitive science , Philosophy of mind , Artificial intelligence , Physics
- Institutions
- Indiana University , Stanford University , University of Oregon , University of Michigan
- Thesis
- The Energy Levels of Bloch Electrons in a Magnetic Field (1975)
- Doctoral advisor
- Gregory Wannier
- Doctoral students
- David Chalmers , Robert M. French , Scott A. Jones , Melanie Mitchell
- Website
- cogs.indiana.edu/..
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Father
- Robert Hofstadter
- Occupation
- physicist
- Employer
- Indiana University
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Notable work
- I Am a Strange Loop
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Gregory Wannier
- Field of work
- cognitive science
- Image
- Hofstadter2002.jpg
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- Douglas Hofstadter
- date of birth
- 1945-02-15
- name in native language
- Douglas Richard Hofstadter
- Commons Creator page
- Douglas Hofstadter
- lifestyle
- veganism
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Encyclopedic overview
Autograph by Douglas Hofstadter, 2007 Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born 15 February 1945) is an American cognitive and computer scientist whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, strange loops, ambigrams, artificial intelligence, and discovery in mathematics and physics. His 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, and a National Book Award (at that time called The American Book Award) for Science. His 2007 book I Am a Strange Loop won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology.
Early life and education
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