Tag Archives: Godel Escher Bach

Hofstadter, Pahud, Bach

Posted on October 8, 2017 by dougaj4

The latest ACO concert series features the Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud (interview here). The performance included J.S. Bach’s 6 Part Ricercar, from The Musical Offering, which was the inspiration for the final dialogue in Douglas Hofstadter’s Godel, Esher, Bach: Achilles … Continue reading →

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Two more letters

Posted on February 16, 2011 by dougaj4

I can’t help feeling that I was a little unfair to Douglas Hofstadter in my last post, so as these were hypothetical letters, I will travel back in time, and send two more, enquiring whether a reductionist or a holistic … Continue reading →

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Crab Canon

Posted on March 1, 2008 by dougaj4

And talking of left and right, here is an appreciation of Douglas Hofstadters’s “Godel Escher Bach” (from which this blog takes its name): Godel Escher Bach wherein we find the excellent Crab Canon: Crab Canon

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