Posthumanity : thinking philosophically about the future / Brian Cooney.
- Cooney, Brian, 1943-
- Date:
- [2004], ©2004
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield, [2004], ©2004.
Physical description
xxv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index.
Contents
Part I: reality -- The pathos of the senses -- Liberation from the cave -- Descartes' meditation -- The demon as evil scientist -- Levels of reality -- Part II: mind -- Planet AI-the first day -- The imitation game -- Can machines think? : a Nano response -- Scientism -- E.T. and alien -- Part III: embodiment -- The flow of time -- An enchanted space -- Descartes' sailor -- Our mammalian brain -- Fear and loathing -- The endgame of multicellularity -- Part IV: posthumanity -- Planet AI-the second day -- Planet AI-the third day -- Planet AI-the fourth day.
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Location Status Medical CollectionT14.5 2004C66pOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 0742532925
- 0742532933