Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden BraidHofstadter, D.
1979
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

D. Hofstadter

Published
1979
In the library
Described, not held
Rights
In copyright. The library holds a record, not the text.
Why it is here
On Michael Levin's list of inspirations
What the held texts say about it

Cited once in the held works, by Levin (2019), to support the claim that some agents can transcend one system and reset its goals from the vantage point of a meta-system. Levin uses this in arguing that humans, whose cognitive horizon exceeds their lifespan, must change their goals. The passages say nothing further about the book's argument.

Some agents can transcend one system and re-set its goals from a vantage-point of a meta-system (Hofstadter, 1979).

Levin M, 2019 · The Computational Boundary of a "Self": Developmental Bioelectricity… · open at passage 72
Cited by 1 held works
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