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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 : Intellect, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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