Ways of being : animals, plants, machines : the search for a planetary intelligence

Book 2022

"Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle's Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence-plant, animal, human, artificial-and how they transform our understanding of humans' place in the cosmos"-- Provided by publisher.

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Philosophy of mind

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ISBN:

9780374601119
0374601119

Edition:

First American edition

Description:

xiv, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

"Originally published in 2022 by Allen Lane, Great Britain, as Ways of being : beyond human intelligence."
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction: More than human
Thinking otherwise
Wood wide webs
The thicket of life
Seeing like a planet
Talking to strangers
Non-binary machines
Getting random
Solidarity
The Internet of animals
Conclusion: Down on the metal farm

LCCN:

2022003440

Control Number:

3198390

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