The Boundaries of Humanity: Humans, Animals, Machines
by J. Sheehan, M. Sosna
Publisher: University of California Press 1991
ISBN/ASIN: 0520072073
ISBN-13: 9780520072077
Number of pages: 264
Description:
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.
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