From some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology, and other disciplines. In selections that range from fiction to scientific speculations about thinking machines, artificial intelligence, and the nature of the brain, Hofstadter and Dennett present a variety of conflicting visions of the self and the soul as explored through the writings of some of the twentieth century's most renowned thinkers.

来自20世纪一些最伟大的思想家，关于人工智能、进化、科幻小说、哲学、还原论和意识等不同主题的文章。"心灵的我 "通过文学、人工智能、心理学和其他学科的视角，探索自我和意识的意义。在从小说到关于思维机器、人工智能和大脑性质的科学推测的选题中，霍夫斯塔特和丹内特通过一些二十世纪最著名的思想家的著作，展示了对自我和灵魂的各种冲突的看法。