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Douglas Hofstadter
American physicist, computer scientist and professor of cognitive science
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 15 February 1945
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Hofstadter
- Father
- Robert Hofstadter
- Field of work
- cognitive science
- Occupation
- philosopher, writer, university teacher, computer scientist, physicist, cognitive scientist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, National Book Award, Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Barwise Prize, Albertus-Magnus professorate, honorary doctor of the Cergy-Pontoise University
- academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- doctoral advisor
- Gregory Wannier
- doctoral student
- Melanie Mitchell (scientist), David Chalmers, Robert M. French, Gary McGraw, Eric Nichols, Matthew M. Hurley, William W. York, Abhijit A. Mahabal, Francisco Lara-Dammer, Harry E. Foundalis, Hamid Ekbia, John Andrew Rehling
- educated at
- Stanford University, University of Oregon, Palo Alto High School, University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences
- employer
- University of Michigan, Indiana University
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Standard Chinese, Mandarin, Hindi
- lifestyle
- veganism
- name in native language
- Douglas Richard Hofstadter
- notable work
- Gödel, Escher, Bach, I Am a Strange Loop
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Author of
- Gödel, Escher, Bach
- I Am a Strange Loop
- The Mind's I
- Le Ton beau de Marot
- Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies
- Metamagical Themas
- Ambigrammia Between Creation & Discovery
- The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul
- I Am a Strange Loop
- Trying to Muse Rationally About the Singularity Scenario
- Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies
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