Gödel, Escher, Bach - 20th Anniversary Edition / Douglas R. Hofstadter

		Sam Scoville writes: So, what is the new Preface saying? I've just started rereading my original edition, maybe for the 3rd time. Planning a group independent study initiated by a student. You review gives me no clue as to what Hofstadter says in his new preface. Is it on-line (the preface) or do I have to buy the new edition? I get the sense I'm asymptotically approaching an answer to the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx when I read this book. I don't know anything like it. Gregory Bateson's works are LIKE-minded, for me. Sam Scoville
		[114] Posted on Sunday, 29 April 2007 at 14:09 GMT [Reply to this] [Permalink]

		Tal Cohen writes in reply to Sam Scoville: So, what is the new Preface saying? Hello Sam, I don't think the new preface is available online. Perhaps you can read it, or parts of it, with Amazon's preview service (''search inside'') or with similar online services; not sure. I think, however, that my review does give a rather bold clue to what Hofstadter says in the new preface; re-read the paragraph that begins with the words ''In a word''. In particular, the new preface clarifies what the book is about, and (as I say in the review above), ''GEB is a serious book presenting a serious theory about consciousness''.
		[115] Posted on Tuesday, 01 May 2007 at 19:37 GMT [Reply to this] [Permalink]