Discognition by Shaviro, Steven

Discognition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781910924068)

Vendor: Steven Shaviro
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$16.95
$16.95
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Discognition by Shaviro, Steven

Discognition

$16.95
Discognition by Shaviro, Steven

Discognition

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Steven Shaviro
ISBN-10: 1910924067
ISBN-13: 9781910924068
Publisher: Repeater
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2016
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.90d
By Steven Shaviro
By Steven Shaviro
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Steven Shaviro is the DeRoy Professor of English at Wayne State University. His books include Connected, Or, What It Means To Live in the Network Society (2003), Post-Cinematic Affect (2010), The Universe of Things (2014), and No Speed Limit: Three Essays on Accelerationism (2014). He blogs at The Pinocchio Theory.

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