Transitions and Borders Between Animals, Humans and Machines 1600-1800 |
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| Contribution by:
| Wolfe, Charles T.
Thomson, Ann
Neumann, Hanns-Peter
Wübben, Yvonne |
| Volume Editor:
| Cheung, Tobias |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-19181-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $164.00 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on natural history, theology and philosophy, this book retraces the shifting foundations of the order of things that characterizes the period between Descartes and Kant with respect to three questions: What is an animal? What is a human? What is a machine?
Drawing on natural history, theology and philosophy, this book retraces the shifting foundations of the order of things that characterizes the period between Descartes and Kant with respect to three questions: What is an animal? What is a human? What is a machine?