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Informationen zum Autor Stanislaw Lem (1921–2006) was the best-known science fiction author writing outside the English language. His books have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold more than 27 million copies worldwide. Joanna Zylinska is professor of new media and communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of Bioethics in the Age of New Media and The Ethics of Cultural Studies. Klappentext Stanislaw Lem (1921–2006) was the best-known science fiction author writing outside the English language. His books have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold more than 27 million copies worldwide. Joanna Zylinska is professor of new media and communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of Bioethics in the Age of New Media and The Ethics of Cultural Studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Translator’s Introduction. Evolution May Be Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts, but It’s Not All That Great: On Lem’s Summa Technnologiae Joanna ZylinskaSumma Technologie1. Dilemmas2. Two EvolutionsSimilaritiesDifferencesThe First CauseSeveral Naïve Questions3. Civilizations in the UniverseThe Formulation of the ProblemThe Formulation of the MethodThe Statistics of Civilizations in the UniverseA Catastrophic Theory of the UniverseA Metatheory of MiraclesMan’s UniquenessIntelligence: An Cccident or a Necessity?HypothesesVotum SeparatumFuture Prospects 4. IntelectronicsReturn to EarthA Megabyte BombThe Big GameScientific MythsThe Intelligence AmplifierThe Black BoxThe Morality of HomeostatsThe Dangers of ElectrocracyCybernetics and SociologyBelief and InformationExperimental MetaphysicsThe Beliefs of Electric BrainsThe Ghost in the MachineThe Trouble with Information Doubts and Antinomies5. Prolegomena to OmnipotenceBefore ChaosChaos and OrderScylla and Charybdis: On RestraintThe Silence of the DesignerMethodological Madness A New Linnaeus: About SystematicsModels and RealityPlagiarism and Creation On Imitology6. PhantomologyThe Fundamentals of PhantomaticsThe Phantomatic MachinePeripheral and Central PhantomaticsThe Limits of PhantomaticsCerebromaticsTeletaxy and PhantoplicationPersonality and Information7. The Creation of WorldsInformation FarmingLinguistic EngineeringThe Engineering of TranscendenceCosmogonic Engineering8. A Lampoon of EvolutionThe Reconstruction of the SpeciesConstructing LifeConstructing DeathConstructing ConsciousnessError-based ConstructsBionics and BiocyberneticsIn the Eyes of the DesignerReconstructing Man CyborgizationThe Autoevolutionary MachineExtrasensory PhenomenaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex...
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Contents
Translator’s Introduction. Evolution May Be Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts, but It’s Not All That Great: On Lem’s Summa Technnologiae
Joanna Zylinska
Summa Technologie
1. Dilemmas
2. Two Evolutions
Similarities
Differences
The First Cause
Several Naïve Questions
3. Civilizations in the Universe
The Formulation of the Problem
The Formulation of the Method
The Statistics of Civilizations in the Universe
A Catastrophic Theory of the Universe
A Metatheory of Miracles
Man’s Uniqueness
Intelligence: An Cccident or a Necessity?
Hypotheses
Votum Separatum
Future Prospects
4. Intelectronics
Return to Earth
A Megabyte Bomb
The Big Game
Scientific Myths
The Intelligence Amplifier
The Black Box
The Morality of Homeostats
The Dangers of Electrocracy
Cybernetics and Sociology
Belief and Information
Experimental Metaphysics
The Beliefs of Electric Brains
The Ghost in the Machine
The Trouble with Information
Doubts and Antinomies
5. Prolegomena to Omnipotence
Before Chaos
Chaos and Order
Scylla and Charybdis: On Restraint
The Silence of the Designer
Methodological Madness
A New Linnaeus: About Systematics
Models and Reality
Plagiarism and Creation
On Imitology
6. Phantomology
The Fundamentals of Phantomatics
The Phantomatic Machine
Peripheral and Central Phantomatics
The Limits of Phantomatics
Cerebromatics
Teletaxy and Phantoplication
Personality and Information
7. The Creation of Worlds
Information Farming
Linguistic Engineering
The Engineering of Transcendence
Cosmogonic Engineering
8. A Lampoon of Evolution
The Reconstruction of the Species
Constructing Life
Constructing Death
Constructing Consciousness
Error-based Constructs
Bionics and Biocybernetics
In the Eyes of the Designer
Reconstructing Man
Cyborgization
The Autoevolutionary Machine
Extrasensory Phenomena
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Stanislaw Lem (1921–2006) was the best-known science fiction author writing outside the English language. His books have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold more than 27 million copies worldwide.
Joanna Zylinska is professor of new media and communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of Bioethics in the Age of New Media and The Ethics of Cultural Studies.
