This new volume in the acclaimed Oxford Readings in Philosophy series offers a selection of the most important philosophical work being done in the new and fast-growing interdisciplinary area of artificial life. Artificial life research seeks to synthesize the characteristics of life by artificial means, particularly employing computer technology. The essays here explore such fascinating themes as the nature of life, the relation between life and mind, and the limits of technology.
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"Excellent....The anthology achieves a remarkable degree of coherence and unity by focusing on the concept of self-organization....This book will serve well both as an introduction for the sophisticated general reader and as a spur to further research in articial life."--Choice
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Margaret A. Boden is at University of Sussex.
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New York, Maynard Smith, Turing Test, Oxford University Press, Sciences of Complexity, Redwood City, Convergence Zones, Santa Fe Institute Studies, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, Philosophy of Science, Decision Field Theory, Interdisciplinary Workshop, Practice of Autonomous Systems, Proceedings of the First International Conference, San Francisco, Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Tom Ray, University of Chicago Press, Definitional Question, Fly Fallacy, Harvard University Press, John Dewey, Scientific American, Van Valen New!
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New York, Maynard Smith, Turing Test, Oxford University Press, Sciences of Complexity, Redwood City, Convergence Zones, Santa Fe Institute Studies, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, Philosophy of Science, Decision Field Theory, Interdisciplinary Workshop, Practice of Autonomous Systems, Proceedings of the First International Conference, San Francisco, Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Tom Ray, University of Chicago Press, Definitional Question, Fly Fallacy, Harvard University Press, John Dewey, Scientific American, Van Valen New!
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- Artificial Intelligence (Handbook Of Perception And Cognition) by Margaret A. Boden on 10 pages
- The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by Margaret A. Boden on 5 pages
- The Ecological Approach To Visual Perception by James J. Gibson on 4 pages
- Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology by Steven Levy on 4 pages
- Animal Behaviour: Psychobiology, Ethology and Evolution (3rd Edition) by David McFarland on 4 pages
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- Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) by Kim Sterelny on 5 pages
- Philosophy at the New Millennium (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements) by Anthony O'Hear on 5 pages
- The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms by Margaret A. Boden on 4 pages
- Digital Desire: Language, Identity and New Technologies by Cutting Edge Women's Research Group on 4 pages
- Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) by Kim Sterelny on 4 pages
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