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The modern robot is developing immense functional versatility and - many would say - powers of judgement, reason, and the ability to discriminate between behavioural options (the rudiments of free will). We can see, with only a little imagination, how robots will progressively acquire human-like capabilities and characteristics. Indeed we may ask whether there are any human preserves upon which the robot will not one day encroach. And this suggests the associated question - is it possible to interpret human beings themselves in robotic terms? This book suggests that there is a sense in which man can be viewed as a robot - as an engineered anatomy, a cybernetic system programmed for performance. It is proposed - and argued - that the specifically human characteristics of emotion, free will, moral responsibility, creativity and ethical awareness can be accommodated by the doctrine of robotic man; and moreover that this is not a dehumanising analysis of human nature. Geoff Simons argues that we need to interpret human beings within the terms of natural law. Only in such a way - avoiding the traditional packaging of man in confused, mysterious and superstitious categories - can we develop a philosophy that is truly humanistic. The true humanists are those that can face what man is - and rejoice.
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Is Man a Robot?
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John Wiley, 1986
ISBN 10 : 0471911062
ISBN 13 : 9780471911067
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Hardback. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. - dustwrapper a little rubbed and shelfworn with small nicks to edges - spine cocked - some minor pencil underlining and marginalia - Book ow/ solid, clean and content ow bright - 332 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 631437
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Is Man a Robot ?
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John Wiley & Sons, 1986., 1986
ISBN 10 : 0471911062
ISBN 13 : 9780471911067
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xvi,316pp, owner's pencilled inscriptions on endpapers, light foxing on fore-edges, text clean and tight, Good / Good dustwrapper. wrapper laminate creased on the spine. ISBN: 0471911062. N° de réf. du vendeur 224027
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Is man a robot?
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1986
ISBN 10 : 0471911062
ISBN 13 : 9780471911067
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Vendeur : Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. xvi, 316pp. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 043170
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Is Man a Robot
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John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Publishing, New York, 1986
ISBN 10 : 0471911062
ISBN 13 : 9780471911067
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Vendeur : Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, Royaume-Uni
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Etat : Very Good Plus. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Light rubbing, creasing to the laminate on rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Black leatherette binding. Very clean condition throughout. Scarce. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xvi, 316. N° de réf. du vendeur 1189E255
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