Douglas Hofstadter's I Am A Strange Loop
by Bob Lloyd — In his reflections on the nature of consciousness and identity Hofstadter downplays an academic tone in his tome, favoring instead entertaining yet challenging chapters full of descriptions and dialogues, anecdotes and illustrations -- all interwoven with arguments in philosophy, mathematics, neuroscience and such.
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