The Human difference : animals, computers, and the necessity of social science /
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| Author / Creator: | Wolfe, Alan, 1942- |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993. |
| Description: | xvii, 243 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1427968 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. A Distinct Science for a Distinct Species. Sociology's Fragility. Nature's Revenge. Equality at What Price? The Interpreting Self and the Meaningful Society
- 2. Other Animal Species and Us. Social Theory and the Second Biological Revolution. The Case for Other Animals. What Sociobiology Teaches Us. Tertiary Rules and Human Choice
- 3. Mind, Self, Society, and Computer. Respect for Machines. The Human Essence Test. Software Intelligence. Hardware Intelligence. Computers, Humans, and Rules
- 4. Putting Nature First. The Environmental Impulse. Animal Rights and Human Imagination. Deep Ecology. Gaia. The Computer in the Woods
- 5. The Post-modern Void. Between the Sacred and the Profane. Beneath the Sacred and the Profane. Information Versus Meaning. Algorithmic Justice. A World Safe for Systems
- 6. Social Science as a Way of Knowing. The Two Faces of Social Science. Methodological Pluralism. Sociological Realism. Social Science as a Vocation. Is Sociology Necessary?
- 7. Society on Its Own Terms. Competing Metaphors. What Social Institutions Are For. Philosophical Anthropology Revisited.