The Philosophy of Artificial Life
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This new volume in the acclaimed Oxford Readings in Philosophy series offers a selection of the most important philosophical work being done in the new and fast-growing interdisciplinary area of artificial life. Artificial life research seeks to synthesize the characteristics of life by artificial means, particularly employing computer technology. The essays here explore such fascinating themes as the nature of life, the relation between life and mind, and the limits of technology.
Introduction11Artificial Life392Autonomy and Artificiality953An Approach to the Synthesis of Life1114Form and Order in Evolutionary Biology1465Evolution - Natural and Artificial1736Animals as Cost-Based Robots1797From Robots to Rothko: The Bringing Forth of Worlds2098Today the Earwig, Tomorrow Man?2379Happy Couplings: Emergence and Explanatory Interlock26210In Praise of Interactive Emergence, Or Why Explanations Don't Have to Wait for Implementations28211Aristotle on Life30312Spencer and Dewey on Life and Mind31413The Nature of Life33214Learning from Functionalism - Prospects for Strong Artificial Life36115Simulations, Realizations, and Theories of Life379Notes on the Contributors395Selected Bibliography397Index of Names401
