"Man, Beast, and Zombie" is an original and accessible book. Vast in its scope, it draws on cutting-edge sciences such as evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence to assess what, precisely, science can and cannot explain about human nature. Kenan Malik explains the histories of these sciences (and the philosophies that underpin them) and analyzes the complex relationship between human beings, animals, and machines to explore what really makes us human. Malik demonstrates that much current ...
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"Man, Beast, and Zombie" is an original and accessible book. Vast in its scope, it draws on cutting-edge sciences such as evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence to assess what, precisely, science can and cannot explain about human nature. Kenan Malik explains the histories of these sciences (and the philosophies that underpin them) and analyzes the complex relationship between human beings, animals, and machines to explore what really makes us human. Malik demonstrates that much current thinking about human nature is flawed: how there is more than one way to design a mind; why the lifestyles of contemporary hunter-gatherers do not illuminate the lives of our prehistoric ancestors; and what intelligent machines really reveal about human consciousness. He shows, too, how the scientific debate about human nature is as influenced by politics as by science."" "Man, Beast, and Zombie" is both a defense of scientific reason and a challenge to some of todays most cherished scientific theories. It deftly interweaves philosophy, science, and history to answer the most fundamental question of all: what is a human being?
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Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 0297643053. Book is as new but for previous owner's name on front free endpaper. DJ not clipped. Not a remainder.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 384 pages.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. First UK edition-first impression. Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(two small nicks, scratches and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages but with a mark, ink mark and small nick on the outer edges, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book in near fine condition except for the mark on the outer edge of the pages.473pp including Notes and references, bibliography, index. Price clipped.
