Discognition
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1910924067
ISBN-13
9781910924068
Publisher
Watkins Media Limited
Imprint
Repeater Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 17th, 2016
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
232 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 19.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalLiterary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Science fiction embodies difficult, abstract philosophical and scientific concepts in characters and narratives. Discognition therefore provides an accessible account of ideas about sentience.
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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