L'io Della Mente by Douglas Hofstadter

A curated collection of essays, thought experiments and literary pieces that probe what it means to be a self, using examples from logic, computer science and philosophy to show how consciousness and personal identity can emerge from self‑referential patterns and information processing, challenging intuitions about a singular soul, free will and continuity of the “I” while exploring implications for artificial intelligence and cognition.

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