Editing Douglas Hofstadter (section)

== Academic career ==
Hofstadter was initially appointed to Indiana University's computer science department faculty in 1977, and at that time he launched his research program in computer modeling of mental processes (which he called "artificial intelligence research", a label he has since dropped in favor of "cognitive science research"). In 1984, he moved to the [[University of Michigan]] in Ann Arbor, where he was hired as a professor of psychology and was also appointed to the Walgreen Chair for the Study of Human Understanding.

In 1988, Hofstadter returned to IU as College of Arts and Sciences Professor in cognitive science and computer science. He was also appointed adjunct professor of history and philosophy of science, philosophy, comparative literature, and psychology, but has said that his involvement with most of those departments is nominal.<ref>IU pages as [http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/people/homepages/hofstadter.html faculty]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031231140234/http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/people/homepages/hofstadter.html |date=December 31, 2003 }}, [http://www.indiana.edu/~alldrp/members/hofstadter.html IU distinguished faculty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225021941/http://www.indiana.edu/~alldrp/members/hofstadter.html |date=February 25, 2004 }} (see [http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5075.html this announcement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216060858/http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5075.html |date=December 16, 2007 }} on March 21, 2007 [http://newsinfo.iu.edu/sb/page/normal/198.html speaker]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216170905/http://newsinfo.iu.edu/sb/page/normal/198.html |date=December 16, 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds10-2/hofstadter.html A Day in the Life of&nbsp;... Douglas Hofstadter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230033029/http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds10-2/hofstadter.html |date=December 30, 2007 }} 2004</ref><ref name=hopehype>[http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/blspr99/cogs/cogs_q700_1003.html Seminar: AI: Hope and Hype] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606112834/http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/blspr99/cogs/cogs_q700_1003.html |date=June 6, 2007 }} 1999</ref> 

Since 1988, Hofstadter has been the College of Arts and Sciences [[Distinguished Professor]] of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]] in Bloomington, where he directs the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, which consists of himself and his graduate students, forming the "Fluid Analogies Research Group" (FARG).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/|title=Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition: Indiana University Bloomington|access-date=April 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411235652/https://cogsci.indiana.edu/|archive-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> In 1988, he received the ''In Praise of Reason'' award, the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]]'s highest honor.<ref name="Chicago 1988">{{cite journal|date=1988|title=New Light on the New Age CSICOP's Chicago conference was the first to critically evaluate the New Age movement.|journal=The Skeptical Inquirer|volume=13|issue=#3|pages=226–235|last1=Shore|first1=Lys Ann}}</ref> In 2009, he was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amacad.org/news/new2009.aspx|title=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|access-date=April 30, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728154206/http://www.amacad.org/news/new2009.aspx|archive-date=July 28, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and became a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amphilsoc.org/|title=Home - American Philosophical Society|access-date=April 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429125308/https://amphilsoc.org/|archive-date=April 29, 2016}}</ref> In 2010, he was elected a member of the [[Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala]], Sweden.<ref>[http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/ Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition: Indiana University Bloomington] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970626025422/http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/ |date=June 26, 1997 }}. Cogsci.indiana.edu. Retrieved on October 6, 2013.</ref>