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100			_aMahon, Peter
245			_aPosthumanism : a guide for the perplexed
260			_bBloomsbury Academic, _c2017 _aLondon
300			_avi, 346 p. ; _c22 cm
365			_b899.00 _cINR _d01
490			_aA Guides for the Perplexed
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn 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. Collapse summary
650			_aHumanism Forecasting
650			_aPhilosophy Movements Humanism
650			_aArtificial intelligence
650			_aCybermatics
650			_aDistributed cognition
650			_aFolk- psychology
650			_aGoogle
650			_aMachine learning
650			_aNeuroplasticity
650			_aRelativism
650			_aSuperintelligence
650			_aTelecommunications
650			_aVirtual reality
650			_aIBM Watson
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