The Boundaries of Humanity - Humans, Animals, Machines (Paperback)

To the age-old debate over what it means to be human, the relatively new fields of sociobiology and artificial intelligence bring new, if not necessarily compatible, insights. What have these two fields in common? Have they affected the way we define humanity? These and other timely questions are addressed with colorful individuality by the authors of The Boundaries of Humanity. Leading researchers in both sociobiology and artificial intelligence combine their reflections with those of philosophers, historians, and social scientists, while the editors explore the historical and contemporary contexts of the debate in their introductions. The implications of their individual arguments, and the often heated controversies generated by biological determinism or by mechanical models of mind, go to the heart of contemporary scientific, philosophical, and humanistic studies. Contributors: Arnold I. Davidson, John Dupre, Roger Hahn, Stuart Hampshire, Evelyn Fox Keller, Melvin Konner, Alan Newell, Harriet Ritvo, James J. Sheehan, Morton Sosna, Sherry Turkle, Bernard Williams, Terry Winograd This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2022
First published:	1991
Editors:	James J. Sheehan • Morton Sosna
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	286
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-30861-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	0-520-30861-1
Barcode:	9780520308619

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