Posthumanism : a guide for the perplexed (Record no. 31806)

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International Standard Book Number 9789354359194
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Classification number 144
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Personal name Mahon, Peter
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Title Posthumanism : a guide for the perplexed
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Bloomsbury Academic,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2017
Place of publication, distribution, etc London
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Extent vi, 346 p. ;
Dimensions 22 cm
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Price amount 899.00
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Unit of pricing 01
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement A Guides for the Perplexed
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Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary, etc In the first decades of the twenty first century, advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, prosthetics and biogenetic technologies have begun to challenge seriously the very definition of the human itself. As we humans have become more and more reliant upon, entwined with and rewritten by our technologies, perhaps "human" is no longer an adequate or appropriate concept through which to view ourselves. It is perhaps time to consider ourselves posthuman. Peter Mahon gives his readers an overview of posthumanism, examining the intoxicating-and often troubling-entanglements of humans, animals and technology in science, society and culture that constitute its field. Mahon not only explores the key scientific advances in information technology and genetics have made us and society posthuman, but also how certain strands in art (such as science fiction and video games) and philosophy (for example, in the work of Andy Clarke and Jacques Derrida) have played-and continue to play-a crucial role in shaping how we understand those advances. Central to Mahon's analysis of posthumanism is an understanding of technology as a pharmakon-an ancient Greek word for a substance that is both a poison and a cure. In the light of this analysis, Mahon considers our posthuman future, as envisioned by a range of futurists, from Ray Kurzweil to those at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Humanism Forecasting
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Philosophy Movements Humanism
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Artificial intelligence
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cybermatics
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Distributed cognition
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Folk- psychology
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Google
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Machine learning
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Neuroplasticity
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Relativism
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Superintelligence
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Telecommunications
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Virtual reality
Topical term or geographic name as entry element IBM Watson
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          DAIICT DAIICT 2023-03-31 899.00 144 MAH 033734 2023-04-18 Books

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