The Emperor's New Mind
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The Emperor's New Mind is a 1989 popular science book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores the nature of consciousness, computation, and physics while arguing that human thought cannot be fully replicated by algorithms.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Emperor's New Mind canonical | 3 |
| Shadows of the Mind | 1 |
| The Emperor’s New Mind | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3236631 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Emperor's New Mind Context triple: [Roger Penrose, authorOf, The Emperor's New Mind]
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A.
The Mind’s I
The Mind’s I is a philosophical anthology edited by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett that explores consciousness, self, and identity through essays, stories, and thought experiments.
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Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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C.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
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D.
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach is a Pulitzer Prize–winning interdisciplinary book by Douglas Hofstadter that explores deep connections between mathematics, art, music, and human consciousness.
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E.
The Undecidable
The Undecidable is a classic anthology edited by Martin Davis that collects foundational papers on computability, Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, and the limits of formal mathematical systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Emperor's New Mind Target entity description: The Emperor's New Mind is a 1989 popular science book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores the nature of consciousness, computation, and physics while arguing that human thought cannot be fully replicated by algorithms.
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A.
The Mind’s I
The Mind’s I is a philosophical anthology edited by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett that explores consciousness, self, and identity through essays, stories, and thought experiments.
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B.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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C.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
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D.
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach is a Pulitzer Prize–winning interdisciplinary book by Douglas Hofstadter that explores deep connections between mathematics, art, music, and human consciousness.
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E.
The Undecidable
The Undecidable is a classic anthology edited by Martin Davis that collects foundational papers on computability, Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, and the limits of formal mathematical systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| author | Roger Penrose ⓘ |
| awarded | Royal Society Science Book Prize ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
human consciousness involves non-computable processes
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human understanding cannot be fully captured by algorithmic computation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
strong AI thesis
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view that mind is entirely algorithmic ⓘ |
| followedBy | Shadows of the Mind ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasPart |
discussion of Gödel's theorem
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discussion of Turing computability ⓘ discussion of artificial intelligence ⓘ discussion of black holes ⓘ discussion of consciousness ⓘ discussion of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics ⓘ discussion of general relativity ⓘ discussion of quantum theory ⓘ discussion of time asymmetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on strong artificial intelligence
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discussions of quantum consciousness ⓘ philosophy of artificial intelligence ⓘ |
| inSeries | Penrose's works on mind and physics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gödel's incompleteness theorems
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Turing machine ⓘ
surface form:
Turing machines
artificial intelligence ⓘ computability theory ⓘ computation ⓘ consciousness ⓘ cosmology ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ non-algorithmic aspects of mind ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ physics ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
argument for non-computability of human thought
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interdisciplinary treatment of physics, mathematics, and mind ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 480 ⓘ |
| proposes | link between quantum physics and consciousness ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in science
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students of physics and philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Emperor's New Mind Description of subject: The Emperor's New Mind is a 1989 popular science book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores the nature of consciousness, computation, and physics while arguing that human thought cannot be fully replicated by algorithms.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shadows of the Mind
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
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The Emperor's New Mind
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this entity surface form:
The Emperor’s New Mind
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