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BETWEEN AN ANIMAL AND A MACHINE - PAWEL MAJEWSK...

The subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanis¿aw Lem. The first part contains an
analysis and interpretation of one of his early works  The Dialogues. The author tries to show
how Lem used the terminology of cybernetics to create a project of sociology and anthropology.
The second part examines Lem¿s essay Summa technologiae  which is considered as the project of
human autoevolution. The term «autoevolution» is a neologism for the concept of humans taking
control over their own biological evolution and form in order to improve the conditions of
their being. In this interpretation  Summa is an example of a liberal utopia  based on the
assumption that all human problems can be resolved by science. Various social theories  which
can be linked to the project of autoevolution  are presented in the final part.

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