Frases de Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Richard Hofstadter es un científico, filósofo y académico estadounidense, conocido sobre todo por su libro Gödel, Escher, Bach: un eterno y grácil bucle , que se publicó en 1979 y que ganó el Premio Pulitzer de ensayo en 1980. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. febrero 1945
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Frases célebres de Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Hofstadter: Frases en inglés

“Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.”

Douglas Hofstadter libro Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (1979)

“Reality includes creating every real connection and reference.”

Douglas Hofstadter libro Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (1979)

“Irrationality is the square root of all evil.”

"Irrationality is the Square Root of All Evil" (Sep, 1983) Scientific American 249 (3) article reprinted in Metamagical Themas (1985)

“This type of paradox is quite characteristic of Zen. It is an attempt to "break the mind of logic."”

Douglas Hofstadter libro Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

This statement refers to a koan
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (1979)

“Below Every Tangled Hierarchy Lies An Inviolate Level”

Douglas Hofstadter libro Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Fuente: Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (1979), Chapter 20: "Strange Loops Or Tangled Heirarchies"

“In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.”

Douglas Hofstadter libro Metamagical Themas

Metamagical Themas (1985)

“If the meanings of true and false were switched, this sentence wouldn't be false.”

Douglas Hofstadter libro I Am a Strange Loop

I Am a Strange Loop (2007) p. 68

“The "Strange Loop" phenomenon occurs whenever, by moving upwards (or downwards) through levels of some hierarchial system, we unexpectedly find ourselves right back where we started.”

Douglas Hofstadter libro Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

"Introduction: A Musico-Logical Offering"
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (1979)

“No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.”

Douglas Hofstadter libro Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

"Six-Part Ricercar"
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (1979)

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