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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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9789354359194 |
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144 |
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MAH |
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Mahon, Peter |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Posthumanism : a guide for the perplexed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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Bloomsbury Academic, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2017 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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vi, 346 p. ; |
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22 cm |
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899.00 |
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INR |
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| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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A Guides for the Perplexed |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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Humanism Forecasting |
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Philosophy Movements Humanism |
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Artificial intelligence |
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Cybermatics |
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Distributed cognition |
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Folk- psychology |
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Google |
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Machine learning |
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Neuroplasticity |
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Relativism |
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Superintelligence |
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Telecommunications |
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Virtual reality |
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IBM Watson |
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Books |