About Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American cognitive scientist and computer scientist renowned for his work on consciousness, analogy-making, and artificial intelligence. His 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, explores recursive patterns and self-reference. Hofstadter’s 2007 book, I Am a Strange Loop, further delves into the nature of self and consciousness. He has been a professor at Indiana University since 1988, where he leads research on cognitive science and comparative literature. His influential work includes contributions to computational models of thought and creative analogies.
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American cognitive scientist and computer scientist renowned for his work on consciousness, analogy-making, and artificial intelligence. His 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, explores recursive patterns and self-reference. Hofstadter’s 2007 book, I Am a Strange Loop, further delves into the nature of self and consciousness. He has been a professor at Indiana University since 1988, where he leads research on cognitive science and comparative literature. His influential work includes contributions to computational models of thought and creative analogies.
Early Buddhist Teachings

Douglass Smith’s journey into Buddhism

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