Tonetti, Luca and Dalia Cilia, Nicole, eds. (2016) Wired Bodies. New Perspectives on the Machine-Organism Analogy. Filosofia e Saperi (9). CNR Edizioni, Roma. ISBN 978 88 8080 382 9
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Abstract
The machine-organism analogy has played a pivotal role in the history of Western philosophy and science. Notwithstanding its apparent simplicity, it hides complex epistemological issues about the status of both organism and machine and the nature of their interaction. What is the real object of this analogy: organisms as a whole, their parts or, rather, bodily functions? How can the machine serve as a model for interpreting biological phenomena, cognitive processes, or more broadly the social and cultural transformations of the relations between individuals, and between individuals and the environments in which they live. Wired bodies. New perspectives on the machine-organism analogy provides the reader with some of the latest perspectives on this vast debate, addressing three major topics: 1) the development of a ‘mechanistic’ framework in medicine and biology; 2) the methodological issues underlying the use of ‘simulation’ in cognitive science; 3) the interaction between humans and machines according to 20th century epistemology.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Additional Information: | Collana dell’Istituto per la storia del pensiero filosofico e scientifico moderno (ISPF) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.DOI: 10.36173/FILOSOFIAESAPERI-2016-9 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biology; Machine-Organism Analogy |
| Subjects: | 100 Filosofia e Psicologia 100 Filosofia e Psicologia > 150 Psicologia 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 570 Scienze della vita; Biologia |
| Depositing User: | Edizioni CNR |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2020 13:09 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2020 13:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19780 |
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