The Mind and the Machine: What It Means to Be Human and Why It Matters

by Matthew Dickerson

Book Overview

Are humans just complex biochemical machines, mere physical parts of a causally closed materialist universe? Are we approaching the so-called 'Singularity', when human consciousness can (and will) be downloaded into computers? Or is there more to the human person - something that might be known as 'soul' or 'spirit'? As this book makes clear, the answers to these questions have profound implications to topics such as heroism, creativity, ecology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718894928
• ISBN13: 9780718894924
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"