Brains-in-vats, giant brains and world brains: The brain as metaphor in digital culture

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 351-366

  Gere, Charlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Brains; Metaphors; Networks; Scepticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942614688     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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