Douglas Hofstadter | |
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![]() Hofstadter in 2006 | |
Born | Douglas Richard Hofstadter February 15, 1945 New York City, US |
Education | Stanford University (BSc) University of Oregon (PhD, 1975) |
Known for | Gödel, Escher, Bach I Am a Strange Loop[3] Hofstadter's butterfly Hofstadter's law |
Spouse(s) | Carol Ann Brush (1985–1993; her death) Baofen Lin (2012–present) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | National Book Award Pulitzer Prize Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cognitive science Philosophy of mind Artificial Intelligence Physics |
Institutions | Indiana University Stanford University University of Oregon University of Michigan |
Thesis | The Energy Levels of Bloch Electrons in a Magnetic Field (1975) |
Doctoral advisor | Gregory Wannier[2] |
Doctoral students | David Chalmers Robert M. French Scott A. Jones Melanie Mitchell |
Website | cogs.sitehost.iu.edu/.. |
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American cognitive and computer scientist whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world,[3][4] consciousness, analogy-making, strange loops, artificial intelligence, and discovery in mathematics and physics. His 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction,[5][6] and a National Book Award (at that time called The American Book Award) for Science.[7][note 1] His 2007 book I Am a Strange Loop won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology.[8][9][10][11]
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