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God, Human, Animal, Machine
Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
Taschenbuch von Meghan O'Gieblyn
Sprache: Englisch

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For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness -- i.e., souls -- might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surpass our comprehension and control, and the spread of digital metaphors for self-understanding, the core questions of existence -- identity, knowledge, the very nature and purpose of life itself -- urgently require rethinking. Meghan O'Gieblyn tackles this challenge with philosophical rigor, intellectual reach, essayistic verve, refreshing originality, and an ironic sense of contradiction. She draws deeply and sometimes humorously from her own personal experience as a formerly religious believer still haunted by questions of faith, and she serves as the best possible guide to navigating the territory we are all entering.
For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness -- i.e., souls -- might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surpass our comprehension and control, and the spread of digital metaphors for self-understanding, the core questions of existence -- identity, knowledge, the very nature and purpose of life itself -- urgently require rethinking. Meghan O'Gieblyn tackles this challenge with philosophical rigor, intellectual reach, essayistic verve, refreshing originality, and an ironic sense of contradiction. She draws deeply and sometimes humorously from her own personal experience as a formerly religious believer still haunted by questions of faith, and she serves as the best possible guide to navigating the territory we are all entering.
Über den Autor
MEGHAN O'GIEBLYN is the author of the essay collection Interior States, which was published to wide acclaim and won the Believer Book Award for Nonfiction. Her writing has received three Pushcart Prizes and appeared in The Best American Essays anthology. She writes essays and features for Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Wired, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She lives with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: 20. & 21. Jahrhundert
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780525562719
ISBN-10: 0525562710
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: O'Gieblyn, Meghan
Hersteller: Random House LLC US
Anchor Books
Vintage Books
Maße: 202 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Meghan O'Gieblyn
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,224 kg
Artikel-ID: 121136973
Über den Autor
MEGHAN O'GIEBLYN is the author of the essay collection Interior States, which was published to wide acclaim and won the Believer Book Award for Nonfiction. Her writing has received three Pushcart Prizes and appeared in The Best American Essays anthology. She writes essays and features for Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Wired, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She lives with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: 20. & 21. Jahrhundert
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780525562719
ISBN-10: 0525562710
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: O'Gieblyn, Meghan
Hersteller: Random House LLC US
Anchor Books
Vintage Books
Maße: 202 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Meghan O'Gieblyn
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,224 kg
Artikel-ID: 121136973
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