Posthumanity
Subtitle: thinking philosophically about the future
By: Brian Cooney.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects.; Technological forecasting.; Technological innovations.; Virtual reality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: reality; title: The pathos of the senses; title: Liberation from the cave; title: Descartes' meditation; title: The demon as evil scientist; title: Levels of reality; title: Part II: mind; title: Planet AI-the first day; title: The imitation game; title: Can machines think? : a Nano response; title: Scientism; title: E.T. and alien; title: Part III: embodiment; title: The flow of time; title: An enchanted space; title: Descartes' sailor; title: Our mammalian brain; title: Fear and loathing; title: The endgame of multicellularity; title: Part IV: posthumanity; title: Planet AI-the second day; title: Planet AI-the third day; title: Planet AI-the fourth day.