Douglas Hofstadter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Douglas Hofstadter
Occupation	Psychologist
Date Of Birth	Feb 15, 1945(1945-02-15)
Age	79
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aquarius

Douglas Hofstadter Biography

Douglas Hofstadter is one of the most popular and richest Psychologist who was born on February 15, 1945 in New York, New York, United States. American professor of cognitive science who won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, which was first published in 1979.

He has participated in panels about technological singularity with Ray Kurzweil .

He had two children with his first wife Carol Ann Brush.

Douglas Hofstadter Net Worth

Douglas Hofstadter is one of the richest Psychologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Douglas Hofstadter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Oregon in 1975, after graduating from Stanford University with a BA in mathematics in 1959.

Hofstadter’s law, which he named after himself, states that it always takes longer to complete tasks of substantial complexity than you originally thought it would.

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Who is Douglas Hofstadter Dating?

According to our records, Douglas Hofstadter married to Baofen Lin , Carol Ann Brush. As of December 1, 2023, Douglas Hofstadter’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Douglas Ranked on the list of most popular Psychologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Douglas Hofstadter celebrates birthday on February 15 of every year.

Top Facts about Douglas Hofstadter

1. Douglas Hofstadter is a professor of cognitive science.
2. He was born in 1945 in New York City.
3. Hofstadter received his PhD from the University of Oregon.
4. His book “Gödel, Escher, Bach” won the Pulitzer Prize.
5. Hofstadter has also written about artificial intelligence and consciousness.
6. He has been a professor at Indiana University since 1977.
7. Hofstadter’s work explores the nature of creativity and meaning.
8. He is known for his interdisciplinary approach to research.
9. Hofstadter has been awarded numerous honors and awards for his work.
10. His ideas have influenced fields such as philosophy, linguistics, and computer science.

What is Douglas Hofstadter doing now?

Since 1988, Hofstadter has been the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University in Bloomington , where he directs the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition which consists of himself and his graduate students, forming the “Fluid …

How many languages does Douglas Hofstadter speak?

Hofstadter is multilingual; he spent a few years in Sweden in the mid-1960s where he learned Swedish. In addition to English, his mother tongue, he speaks Italian, French, and German ; his knowledge of these languages can be partly attributed to having spent a year of his youth in Geneva.

Who wrote Godel Escher Bach?

Douglas Hofstadter

How many pieces of sound are there in a typical cumulonimbus cloud?

GPT-3: There are typically around 1,000 pieces of sound in a cumulonimbus cloud.

What is strange loop theory?

A strange loop is a phenomenon in which, whenever movement is made upwards or downwards through the levels of some hierarchical system, the system unexpectedly arrives back where it started.