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Permutation City : Immortal copies , digital ontologies . Permutation City is essentially a novel of two halves , each correlating with a different paraspace . These paraspaces create their own distinct subjective cosmologies ...
Permutation City : Immortal copies , digital ontologies . Permutation City is essentially a novel of two halves , each correlating with a different paraspace . These paraspaces create their own distinct subjective cosmologies ...
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Permutation City raises serious doubts , however , regarding the exact nature of the Copies ' subjectivities : are ... ( 77 ) As this article's epigraph notes , if the subject and his / her Copy are not deemed to be the same subject ...
Permutation City raises serious doubts , however , regarding the exact nature of the Copies ' subjectivities : are ... ( 77 ) As this article's epigraph notes , if the subject and his / her Copy are not deemed to be the same subject ...
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Unlike Peer , he experiences an emotional torment that is neither unmeaningful nor insignificant , proving on one level that a digital Copy can indeed “ suffer . " His suffering , however , remains more a consequence of cognitive guilt ...
Unlike Peer , he experiences an emotional torment that is neither unmeaningful nor insignificant , proving on one level that a digital Copy can indeed “ suffer . " His suffering , however , remains more a consequence of cognitive guilt ...
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