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  1. Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st …

    In this book, Gunkel investigates how and why efforts to use existing categories to classify robots fail, argues that “robot” designates an irreducible anomaly in the existing ontology, and …

  2. The Robots of Dawn: The Robot Series - citylights.com

    Overview In this thrilling entry in the renowned Robot series, interplanetary detective Elijah Baley embarks on a mind-stretching journey after the universe’s most advanced robot is found …

  3. David J Gunkel | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

    Author Books Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond David J Gunkel $ 45.00 Add to cart

  4. Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write

    Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal …

  5. For The Protection of All Beings: An inquiry into advancing ...

    Oct 7, 2023 · In Person, Thing, Robot, David J. Gunkel sets out to answer the vexing question: What exactly is a robot? Rather than try to fit robots into the existing categories by way of …

  6. Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation

    In this ambitious and transcendent graphic novel, Liana Finck turns her keen eye to none other than the Old Testament, reimagining the story of Genesis with God as a woman, Abraham as …

  7. Middle Reader Fiction | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

    The Wild Robot: Volume 1 Peter Brown $ 19.99 Add to cart The Wild Robot Protects: Volume 3 Peter Brown $ 17.99 Add to cart The Book of Boy: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Catherine …

  8. Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from …

    Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams remedies this neglect with a rich exploration of the genre that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime.

  9. The Invincible | City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

    Nov 21, 2021 · Landing on the planet Regis III, navigator Rohan and his crew discover a form of life that has apparently evolved from autonomous, self-replicating machines–perhaps the …

  10. Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite ...

    Using cartoons, puzzles, and quotations to enliven his text, Rucker acquaints us with staggeringly advanced levels of infinity, delves into the depths beneath daily awareness, and explains Kurt …