Natural-Born Cyborgs Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence

Name: Natural-Born Cyborgs Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence
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ISBN: 9780195177510

ISBN-10: 0195177517

ISBN-13: 9780195177510

Edition: 2003

Authors: Andy Clark

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From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so different from other species is our capacity to fully incorporate tools and supporting cultural practices into our existence. Technology as simple as writing on a sketchpad, as familiar as Google or a cellular phone, and as potentially revolutionary as mind-extending neural implants--all exploit our…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/9/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 8.90" wide x 5.71" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.770

Andy Clark is Doctor of Philosophy at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.



Introduction



Cyborgs Unplugged



Technologies to Bond With



Plastic Brains, Hybrid Minds



Where Are We?



What Are We?



Global Swarming



Bad Borgs?



Conclusions: Post-Human, Moi?


Notes


Index