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Transitions and Borders Between Animals, Humans and Machines 1600-1800

Contributor(s): Wolfe, Charles T (Contribution by), Thomson, Ann (Contribution by), Neumann, Hanns-Peter (Contribution by), Wübben, Yvonne (Contribution by), Cheung, Tobias (Volume Editor)

ISBN: 9789004191815

Publisher: Brill

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Pub Date: October 15, 2010

Dewey: 128.09

LCCN: 2010039951

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 9.50" L x 6.50" W ( 1.10 lbs) 202 pages

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Description: Drawing on natural history, theology and philosophy, this book retraces the shifting foundations of the order of things that characterizes the period between Descartes and Kant with respect to three questions: What is an animal? What is a human? What is a machine?

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