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Hofstadter’s opposite reading: the loop is the self

Hofstadter (Gödel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop) says self-reference is where a self comes from, so the loop is the feature and no limit.

Connects to

• Gödel’s view
• mind contradicts
• closed loops
• Hofstadter

Sources

1. Hofstadter, D. (1979). Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. Basic Books.
2. Hofstadter, D. (2007). I Am a Strange Loop. Basic Books.