Disembodied Brains
Understanding our Intuitions on Human-Animal Neuro-Chimeras and Human Brain Organoids
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- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
20 April 2024
Summary
Recent new technologies have brought the realm of science fiction to reality. The development of human-animal neuro-chimeras, which are animals with some component of a human brain, plays into society’s long-standing fascination with the crossover between humans and animals. In the same way, the development of human brain organoids—small parts of a human brain grown from harvested human cells—feeds our fear and fascination of disembodied brains. The general reaction to these technologies is s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197750704 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197750702 |
| Author: | John H. Evans |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 20 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 145mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
John H. Evans
John H. Evans is Tata Chancellor’s Chair in Social Sciences, Associate Dean of Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at the University of California, San Diego. He specializes in examining debates involving religion and science in the public sphere, as well as using social science to contribute to humanistic and ethical debates. He is the author of six books and over 60 articles examining science, bioethics, and religion. His most recent book is The Human Gene Editing Debate (2020, Oxford University Press).
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