The posthuman condition : consciousness beyond the brain /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pepperell, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol ; Portland, OR : Intellect, ©2003.
Edition:[New ed.].
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence.
Intelligence artificielle.
artificial intelligence.
COMPUTERS > Enterprise Applications > Business Intelligence Tools.
COMPUTERS > Intelligence (AI) & Semantics.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General
Artificial intelligence
Bewustzijn.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Psychologische aspecten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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