Authors:
Francesco Cara
Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence Andy Clark Oxford University Press ISBN 0195148665 $26.00 The latest book by philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark is a challenging and eclectic discussion of how the relationship between biology, technology and culture construes our mind and our identity. The book is articulated around a unique central character: the cyborg, a CYBernetically controlled ORGanism. The first cyborgs Clark introduces are organisms which have incorporated machines into their bodies, in the form of prostheses, enhanced perceptual systems, and neural implants, to recover and extend physiological functions. Examples of…
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