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Discognition

By Steven Shaviro

Book information

Publisher
Repeater Books
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
362 kB (370689 bytes)
Pages
0\0
Time added
2016-05-02 07:19:40

Description

What is consciousness? What is it like to feel pain, or to see the color red? Do robots and computers really think? For that matter, do plants and amoebas think? If we ever meet intelligent aliens, will we be able to understand what they say to us? Philosophers and scientists are still unable to answer questions like these. Perhaps science fiction can help. In Discognition, Steven Shaviro looks at science fiction novels and stories that explore the extreme possibilities of human and alien sentience.

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