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The posthuman condition : consciousness beyond the brain /

Synthetic creativity, organic computers, genetic modification, intelligent machines & endash; such ideas are deeply challenging to many of our traditional assumptions about human uniqueness and superiority. But, ironically, it is our very capacity for technological invention that has secured us...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pepperell, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Portland, OR : Intellect, ©2003.
Edición:[New ed.].
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PRELIMINARY PAGES
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
  • FOREWORD
  • A NOTE ON THE TERM 'POSTHUMAN'
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL CLIMATE OF POSTHUMANISM
  • CHAPTER ONE: CONSCIOUSNESS, HUMANS AND COMPLEXITY
  • CHAPTER TWO: SCIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND ENERGY
  • CHAPTER THREE: ORDER AND DISORDER, CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY
  • CHAPTER FOUR: BEING, LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT
  • CHAPTER FIVE: ART, AESTHETICS AND CREATIVITY
  • CHAPTER SIX: AUTOMATING CREATIVITY
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: SYNTHETIC BEINGS
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: WHAT IS POSTHUMANISM?
  • APPENDIX I
  • APPENDIX II
  • POSTSCRIPT
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY.