Redefining Reality - The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

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of his work to add technological components to his body in order to
give himself powers and senses that are not part of the biological human
make-up.
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The touchstone text for the psychological movement of the mid-20 th century
concern to stimulus and response.
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Transaction Publishers, 2011. An account of the way in which sociology,
economics, and political science should be approached that differentiates
their methods and goals from those of the natural sciences. More like
history, the social sciences should be seen through multiple lenses, each of
which uses idealizations that bring into focus various aspects of the cultural
phenomena being analyzed.
Wertheimer, Michael. A Brief History of Psychology. New York: Psychology
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human mind written for non-technicians.
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attempts to develop computer-based consciousness.
Wiener, Norbert.
Animal and the Machine. New York: MIT Press, 1975. A re-envisioning
of science that replaces the central concept of energy with the concept of
information. If we see the transfer of information as the basis of physical and
biological interactions, then we develop an entirely different understanding
of the nature of the universe and its systems.
Wingerson, Lois.
. New York: Bantam Books, 1998. A look at the actual
medicine, cloning, and other means of altering human genes.
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