The podcast aims to connect community through conversation, highlighting aspects of the university and the marquette area. Pulitzerprize winner douglas hofstadter takes on some weighty and wonderful questions in i am a strange loopamong them, the size of a soul and the vagaries of thoughtand proposes persuasive answers that surprised me both with their simplicity and their sense of optimism. The software management system was designed to help streamline the process for requesting and viewing available software to people at nmu. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Nmu hosts visiting writers northern michigan university. Textbook buyback is happening now at the nmu bookstore. Richard hofstadter august 6, 1916 october 24, 1970 was an american historian and public intellectual of the mid20th century. Access study documents, get answers to your study questions, and connect with real tutors for english 110. An eternal golden braid, first published in 1979, won both the pulitzer prize. See the northern michigan university graduate bulletin or contact the college of graduate studies for more information. If you are unhappy with the substitution, we will gladly process a. Douglass hofstadters pi in the sky the washington post. It is hosted by the nmu visiting writers program and admission is free. Textbook buyback at the nmu bookstore northern michigan.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Social darwinism in american thought portrays the overall influence of darwin on american social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Hofstadter also discusses the figure in his 1979 book godel, escher, bach. Kimber olli of northern michigan university northern michigan university is an aaeo institution. If a used book is not available, we will substitute it for a new book and your final total will be higher than the current estimate. It won both the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction and a. On select days during the school year students from. The problem of intelligence, as i see it, is to understand the fluid nature of mental categories.
The man who would teach machines to think the atlantic. Wluc if you need help with your laptop or smartphone technology, northern michigan university students are here to help. Nezhukumatahil is a professor of english at the university of mississippi. Listing of authors who have works in this repository as of april 16, 2020. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. Call our customer contact center 247 tollfree at 800 3253252 or email us. Richard hofstadter was an american public intellectual, historian and dewitt clinton professor of american history at columbia university.
Thats why nmu professor kia jane richmond published a book on the subject, in hopes to break the stigma surrounding mental illnesses, and how they appear in novels. Uppaa webmaster august 5, 2019 august 5, 2019 author events, marquette. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. This series will address subjects that relate to nmus core values. Welcome to educational access network purchase portal for educational partners. In the spring of 2012 nmu launched the software management system. About nmu educat educat is the online course management system being adopted at nmu. Welcome to northern michigan universitys health divisions outcomes assessment wiki. Nmu hosts higher ed demographics expert northern today. Click the name of an author to see a listing of that persons work.
Sign up for email notification of new releases in your field. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american scholar of cognitive. Poet aimee nezhukumatathil and author dustin parsons will read from their works and answer questions during a joint presentation at northern michigan university. Users who are affiliated with a university, community college, or school that is a educational partner are able to get access to the ean using their school issued email address or id number. If youd like to learn how to connect to nmu lte, please visit our connecting to nmu lte page. Nmu professor publishes book on mental illness portrayal. Hofstadter certainly addresses the mindbrain problem explicitly to pose the. Douglas richard hofstadter is an american academic whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity.
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Opportunities for handson experiences, research and career building give our students a significant advantage after graduation. Northern is michigans only participant in ibms thinkpad university program. Northern michigan university is an equal opportunity institution. The helpdesk is committed to providing the highest level of quality support to nmu students, faculty, and staff. Email services will not be available during this window. What richard hofstadter got wrong the new republic. Douglas hofstadter, the pulitzer prizewinning author of godel. Information technology get the latest information on your thinkpad, macbook, or university issued desktop computer. In part, hofstadter maintained, the problem was a clash of classbound cultural values. If there is a single theme or thema connecting the mass of science and art in this book, it is the question of the nature of creativity. See all books authored by richard hofstadter, including the american political tradition and the men who made it, and antiintellectualism in american life, and more on. Northern michigan university get information for prospective and current students alike. In the course of his career, hofstadter became the iconic historian of postwar liberal consensus whom twentyfirst century scholars continue consulting, because his intellectually engaging books and essays continue to illuminate contemporary history.
A new journey into hofstadters mind scientific american. Although he is the author of eight major books, hofstadter is best known for his. To get into a properly loopy mindset for douglas r. Theorists such as herbert spencer and william graham sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils as well as the benefits. The international childrens digital library icdl is a research project funded primarily by the national science foundation nsf, the institute for museum and library services imls, and microsoft research to create a digital library of outstanding childrens books from all over the world. Professor hofstadter was born in manhattan and taught at columbia from 1950 to 1967, when he moved to santa cruz. Hofstadters new book on consciousness, i plugged a webcam into my desktop computer.
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