Science-fiction Studies, Volume 27, Part 1SFS Publications., 2000 - Science fiction |
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Page 70
... original ) . This cybernetic simulacrum has " assembled " itself and its world from the " cosmic dust , " a " universe completely without structure , without topology . No space , no time ; just a set of random events " ( 107 ) ...
... original ) . This cybernetic simulacrum has " assembled " itself and its world from the " cosmic dust , " a " universe completely without structure , without topology . No space , no time ; just a set of random events " ( 107 ) ...
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... original ) . Permutation City raises serious doubts , however , regarding the exact nature of the Copies ' subjectivities : are they , or are they not , " the same person as the person they were based on " ? ( 77 ) As this article's ...
... original ) . Permutation City raises serious doubts , however , regarding the exact nature of the Copies ' subjectivities : are they , or are they not , " the same person as the person they were based on " ? ( 77 ) As this article's ...
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... original ) . By dissolving the unifying thread between his multiple , fragmentary selves , Peer denies the Western subject of unitary wholeness , removes the humanist heritage from any productively inclusive notion of the posthuman ( or ...
... original ) . By dissolving the unifying thread between his multiple , fragmentary selves , Peer denies the Western subject of unitary wholeness , removes the humanist heritage from any productively inclusive notion of the posthuman ( or ...
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Wrapped in that mysterious | 22 |
Michael Fisch Nation War and Japans Future in the Science | 49 |
AI ALife and | 69 |
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