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Mieli,P Mieli,P. Being human the technological extensions of the body. [1-56886-053-6]
Premise 11
Colloquium Proceedings 13
Opening Remarks / Paola Mieli 15
The Technological Extensions of the Mind 21
Opening Remarks / Jacques Leclaire 48
"The Proposed Theme" / Serge Leclaire 49
"The Technological Extensions of the Structure of the Body" 52
Opening Remarks / Mark Stafford 98
"Downtime" / Marcos Einis 99
"The Technological Extensions of the Senses" 102
Afterthoughts / Jacques Leclaire 149
Elements for a Unifying Thread / Serge Leclaire 151
Comments on "Elements for a Unifying Thread" / Dany-Robert Dufour, Paola Mieli 156
An Introduction 161
Brief Preliminary Considerations on Sameness, Otherness, Idiocy, and Transformation / Paola Mieli 163
"The natural interface between the symbolic and the real." 189
The Biological Truth Criterion: A Shaky Foundation / Serge Leclaire 191
Human Individuality in the Age of DNA Diagnosis / Robert Pollack 197
Psychoanalysis and Genetics: Clinical Considerations and Practical Suggestions / Andree Lehmann 201
"I don't think it matters to anyone where their eggs and their sperm come from." 213
Reading, Writing and the Discourse of DNA, or The Mind of a Molecule / Ona Nierenberg 215
Interview with Renee Fox / Renee Fox, Mark Stafford 242
Some Reflections on Medically Assisted Reproduction / Paola Mieli 257
Allah Mean Everything! / Amiri Baraka 277
"A process of insidious but irreversible metamorphosis." 291
The Reciprocal Creation of the World and the Subject / Dany-Robert Dufour 293
When Science Remakes the Body / Jean-Pierre Lebrun 305
Medical Discourse, Science, and the "Talking Cure" / Annick Galbiati 320
Towards an Epistemology of the Unconscious / Antonello Sciacchitano 332
"Why do people say artificial mind and not artificial soul?" 355
What Do Cyborgs Eat? Oral Logic in an Information Society / Margaret Morse 357
"Your Wish Is My Command": Human Communication with Magical and Mechanical Agencies in Norbert Wiener's Cybernetics / Salvatore Guido 387
"Ain't science a wonderful Idea?" 401
An Advocation for Immortality / Jim Yount 403
The Worlds of Bodies / Nicole Malinconi 435
"You knew that sooner or later you would meet yourself either coming or going." 437
E-mail / John Perry Barlow 439
The Anger of Friendship / Mark Stafford 448
Some Notes on the Technological Extensions of the Senses in the Age of Television / Claus-Dieter Rath 454
Because We Are Digital / Charles Traub, Jonathan Lipkin 460
Variations on the Technical Body / Dennis Phillips 472
"Maybe they are everywhere, hearing all the messages we are constantly sending, and under no circumstances do they want to answer." 475
Alien Abilities and Behavior / Seth Shostak 477
Panelists and Contributors 497
Colloquium Proceedings 13
Opening Remarks / Paola Mieli 15
The Technological Extensions of the Mind 21
Opening Remarks / Jacques Leclaire 48
"The Proposed Theme" / Serge Leclaire 49
"The Technological Extensions of the Structure of the Body" 52
Opening Remarks / Mark Stafford 98
"Downtime" / Marcos Einis 99
"The Technological Extensions of the Senses" 102
Afterthoughts / Jacques Leclaire 149
Elements for a Unifying Thread / Serge Leclaire 151
Comments on "Elements for a Unifying Thread" / Dany-Robert Dufour, Paola Mieli 156
An Introduction 161
Brief Preliminary Considerations on Sameness, Otherness, Idiocy, and Transformation / Paola Mieli 163
"The natural interface between the symbolic and the real." 189
The Biological Truth Criterion: A Shaky Foundation / Serge Leclaire 191
Human Individuality in the Age of DNA Diagnosis / Robert Pollack 197
Psychoanalysis and Genetics: Clinical Considerations and Practical Suggestions / Andree Lehmann 201
"I don't think it matters to anyone where their eggs and their sperm come from." 213
Reading, Writing and the Discourse of DNA, or The Mind of a Molecule / Ona Nierenberg 215
Interview with Renee Fox / Renee Fox, Mark Stafford 242
Some Reflections on Medically Assisted Reproduction / Paola Mieli 257
Allah Mean Everything! / Amiri Baraka 277
"A process of insidious but irreversible metamorphosis." 291
The Reciprocal Creation of the World and the Subject / Dany-Robert Dufour 293
When Science Remakes the Body / Jean-Pierre Lebrun 305
Medical Discourse, Science, and the "Talking Cure" / Annick Galbiati 320
Towards an Epistemology of the Unconscious / Antonello Sciacchitano 332
"Why do people say artificial mind and not artificial soul?" 355
What Do Cyborgs Eat? Oral Logic in an Information Society / Margaret Morse 357
"Your Wish Is My Command": Human Communication with Magical and Mechanical Agencies in Norbert Wiener's Cybernetics / Salvatore Guido 387
"Ain't science a wonderful Idea?" 401
An Advocation for Immortality / Jim Yount 403
The Worlds of Bodies / Nicole Malinconi 435
"You knew that sooner or later you would meet yourself either coming or going." 437
E-mail / John Perry Barlow 439
The Anger of Friendship / Mark Stafford 448
Some Notes on the Technological Extensions of the Senses in the Age of Television / Claus-Dieter Rath 454
Because We Are Digital / Charles Traub, Jonathan Lipkin 460
Variations on the Technical Body / Dennis Phillips 472
"Maybe they are everywhere, hearing all the messages we are constantly sending, and under no circumstances do they want to answer." 475
Alien Abilities and Behavior / Seth Shostak 477
Panelists and Contributors 497