The Boundaries of humanity : humans, animals, machines / edited by James J. Sheehan and Morton Sosna.
Contributor(s): Sheehan, James J
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TextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1991]Copyright date: ©1991Description: x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0520071530 (hard); 0520072073 (pbk.)Subject(s): Sociobiology | Artificial intelligence | Culture | Human-animal relationships | Human-computer interaction | SociobiologyDDC classification: 304.5 LOC classification: GN365.9 | .B67 1990Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 West | GN365.9 .B67 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182800814895 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.