Bibliograph

The boundaries of humanity, humans, animals, machines, edited by James J. Sheehan and Morton Sosna

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Label

The boundaries of humanity, humans, animals, machines, edited by James J. Sheehan and Morton Sosna

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The boundaries of humanity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

22735077

Responsibility statement

edited by James J. Sheehan and Morton Sosna

Sub title

humans, animals, machines

Table Of Contents

Prologue : making sense of humanity / Bernard Williams -- Humans and animals. Introduction / James J. Sheehan -- The horror of monsters / Arnold I. Davidson -- The animal connection / Harriet Ritvo -- Language and ideology in evolutionary theory : reading cultural norms into natural law / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Human nature and culture : biology and the residue of uniqueness / Melvin Konner -- Reflections on biology and culture / John Dupré -- Humans and machines. Introduction / James J. Sheehan -- The meaning of the mechanistic age / Roger Hahn -- Metaphors for mind, theories of mind : should the humanities mind? / Allen Newell -- Thinking machines : Can there be? Are we? / Terry Winograd -- Romantic reactions : paradoxical responses to the computer presence / Sherry Turkle -- Biology, machines, and humanity / Stuart Hampshire -- Coda / James J. Sheehan

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