The Posthuman Condition

The Posthuman Condition: Consciousness Beyond The Brain

by Pepperell, Robert

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Synthetic creativity, organic computers, genetic modification, intelligent machines & endash; such ideas are deeply challenging to many of our traditional assumptions about human uniqueness and superiority. But, ironically, it is our very capacity for technological invention that has secured us so dominant a position in the world which may lead ultimately to (as some have put it) 'The End of Man'. If we are really capable of creating entities that exceed our own skills and intellect then the co…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Posthuman Condition : Consciousness Beyond The Brain.

Summary

Synthetic creativity, organic computers, genetic modification, intelligent machines & endash; such ideas are deeply challenging to many of our traditional assumptions about human uniqueness and superiority. But, ironically, it is our very capacity for technological invention that has secured us so dominant a position in the world which may lead ultimately to (as some have put it) 'The End of Man'. If we are really capable of creating entities that exceed our own skills and intellect then the consequences for humanity are almost inconceivable. Nevertheless, we must now face up to the possibility.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Intellect
  • Place of Publication:Bristol
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2003.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (213 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781841500485, 1841500488, 1841508837, 9781841508832, 1280476583, 9781280476587
  • oclc:ocn181845011
  • LC Classification:T14.5 .P465 2003eb
  • Dewey Decimal:006.3

Table of Contents

PRELIMINARY PAGES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION -- FOREWORD -- A NOTE ON THE TERM 'POSTHUMAN' -- INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL CLIMATE OF POSTHUMANISM -- CHAPTER ONE: CONSCIOUSNESS, HUMANS AND COMPLEXITY -- CHAPTER TWO: SCIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND ENERGY -- CHAPTER THREE: ORDER AND DISORDER, CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY -- CHAPTER FOUR: BEING, LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT -- CHAPTER FIVE: ART, AESTHETICS AND CREATIVITY -- CHAPTER SIX: AUTOMATING CREATIVITY -- CHAPTER SEVEN: SYNTHETIC BEINGS -- CHAPTER EIGHT: WHAT IS POSTHUMANISM? -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- POSTSCRIPT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

INDEX.

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Subjects

artificial intelligence Conscience -- Aspect social Consciousness -- Social aspects Culture Homme Homo sapiens (species) Human beings Intelligence artificielle Technology -- Social aspects

Writers

Pepperell, Robert

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