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SO YOU THINK YOU'RE HUMAN?

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE HUMAN?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND

FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO

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Publisher:
OXFORD WORLDS CLASSICS
Year of publication:
2005
ISBN:
978-0-19-969128-9
Pages:
190
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What makes us human? Advances in science in, for example genetics and artificial intelligence, mean that humans no longer have exclusive access to reason, consciousness and imagination. The author shows how our concept of humanness has changed over time and is neither fixed nor scientifically verifiable.

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