Man, Beast and Zombie Kenan Malik

Name: Man, Beast and Zombie By Kenan Malik
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Summary

Drawing on cutting-edge sciences - genetics, psychology and neurosciences - to assess precisely what they can and cannot explain, Malik analyses the complex relationship between humans, animals and machines, tests the claims of selfish gene hypothesis and investigates the new science of cognitive psychology to discover what goes on in our heads.

Man, Beast and Zombie Summary

Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature by Kenan Malik

Can animals think as we do? Will machines ever be conscious? What is free will? For centuries, philosophy and theology have attempted to answer these questions, but now science claims it can. This book asseses what cutting-edge sciences can and cannot explain about human nature.

About Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik trained as a neurobiologist and was a research psychologist at the Centre for Research into Perception and Cognition at Sussex University. He is now a writer and lecturer. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Independentand the Financial Times. He is the author of the acclaimed study of racism, history and science, The Meaning of Race.

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Sku

GOR002012133

ISBN 13

9780297643050

ISBN 10

0297643053

Title

Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature by Kenan Malik

Author

Kenan Malik

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

2000-10-12

Number of pages

384

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