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1 day ago · The word ambigram was coined in 1983 by Douglas Hofstadter, an American scholar of cognitive science best known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach. It is a neologism composed of the Latin prefix ambi-("both") and the Greek suffix -gram ("drawing, writing").
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The 4th-century Greek Byzantine palindrome: ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑ...
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John Langdon (born April 19, 1946) is an American graphic...
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4 days ago · This is the first of our two part series (that may or may not be released back-to-back) where Bruce delves into the work Douglas Hofstadter, specifically the book Surfaces and Essences. We consider what is the relationship—if there is any—between critical rationalism and Hofstadter's idea that analogy is a core mechanism of human cognition. Is it fair to criticize Hofstadter's ideas as ...
Victim of the Brain: A Film about the Ideas of Douglas R. Hofstadter featuring Daniel C. Dennett. [full film]
5 days ago · Douglas Nicholls (born December 9, 1906, Cummeragunja reserve, New South Wales, Australia—died June 4, 1988, Mooroopna, Victoria) was a Yorta Yorta activist, athlete, minister, and politician who sought to establish the rights of Australian Aboriginal peoples.
3 days ago · A good book for beginners is A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton. The book starts with Socrates, who lived in the 5th century BC in Athens, and asked such probing questions he was sentenced to death by his fellow citizens. Socrates himself never wrote a word, but his pupil Plato wrote about him.
3 days ago · Based on a True Story. Looking closer at movies, TV shows, and even characters based on and "inspired by" reality. Over 300 filmgoers have voted on the 140+ Best Biography Movies. Current Top 3: Catch Me If You Can, Schindler's List, A Beautiful Mind.
Aug 25, 2023 · Index to biographical articles on women in some 54 works of collective biography. Comprises five indexes: (1) Field and career index; (2) Religious affiliation index; (3) Ethnic and racial index; (4) Geographical index; and (5) Alphabetical index. Biographees are entered in as many of the first four sections (and subsections) as are applicable ...
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