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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
249 pages
Language
English
Published
Apr 19, 2016
Publisher
Repeater
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
1910924075
ISBN-13
9781910924075