Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach

Eight selected chapters of Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach rebuilt as a visual course: foundations in formal systems, meaning, and decidability lead into levels of description, the limits of computation, formal self-reference, attempts to repair undecidability, and strange loops.

1. 01The MU-puzzleSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, *Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid*, Chapter I, “The MU-puzzle,” printed pages 33–42. • Course status: foundation chapter for the Gödel, Escher, Bach course.Published 24 Aug 20268 sections
2. 02Meaning and Form in MathematicsSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, *Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid*, Chapter II, “Meaning and Form in Mathematics,” printed pages 46–66. • Course status: second foundation chapter for the Gödel, Escher, Bach course.Published 24 Aug 20268 sections
3. 03Figure and GroundSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, *Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid*, Chapter III, “Figure and Ground,” printed pages 65–75. • Course status: third foundation chapter for the Gödel, Escher, Bach course.Published 24 Aug 20269 sections
4. 04Levels of Description, and Computer SystemsSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Chapter X, "Levels of Description, and Computer Systems" • Course status: middle-chapter study for the Gödel, Escher, Bach coursePublished 19 Aug 202616 sections
5. 05BlooP and FlooP and GlooPSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Chapter XIII, "BlooP and FlooP and GlooP" • Course status: middle-chapter study for the Gödel, Escher, Bach coursePublished 19 Aug 202618 sections
6. 06On Formally Undecidable PropositionsSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Chapter XIV, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of TNT and Related Systems" • Course status: middle-chapter study for the Gödel, Escher, Bach coursePublished 19 Aug 202613 sections
7. 07Jumping out of the SystemSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Chapter XV, "Jumping out of the System" • Course status: fourth chapter of the Gödel, Escher, Bach coursePublished 19 Aug 202614 sections
8. 08Strange Loops, or Tangled HierarchiesSource: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Chapter XX, "Strange Loops, Or Tangled Hierarchies" • Course status: closing chapter of the Gödel, Escher, Bach coursePublished 20 Aug 202611 sections