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I'm a Strange Loop

I’m a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter. I was impressed by Hofstadter’s Gödel Escher and Bach but had trouble grasping a lot of the subjects. The author claims that I’m Strange Loop is a more focused and intuitive take into consciousness. It borrows a lot on his personal experiences which makes it kind of an auto-biography. Overall it’s a fascinating philosophical discussion. My favorite bit was the thought experiment by Derek Parfit regarding the uniqueness of the “self”, which is summarized in here. I’m looking forward to reading Reasons and Persons.

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This entry was parsed from an older retrospective post.