02747nam 2200637 a 450 991045661660332120200520144314.00-8166-7699-2(CKB)2550000000039832(EBL)730148(OCoLC)741492683(SSID)ssj0000523281(PQKBManifestationID)11332663(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523281(PQKBWorkID)10543333(PQKB)10195297(MiAaPQ)EBC730148(MdBmJHUP)muse29861(Au-PeEL)EBL730148(CaPaEBR)ebr10482237(CaONFJC)MIL525992(EXLCZ)99255000000003983220100803d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman error[electronic resource] species-being and media machines /Dominic PettmanMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20111 online resource (360 p.)Posthumanities ;14Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-7299-7 0-8166-7298-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes filmography/videography.Introduction : the human element -- Bear life : tracing an opening in grizzly man -- Zooicide : animal love and human justice -- After the beep : answering machines and creaturely life -- The war on terra : from political economy to libidinal ecology -- Conclusion : human remains.What exactly is the human element separating humans from animals and machines? The common answers that immediately come to mind--like art, empathy, or technology--fall apart under close inspection. Dominic Pettman argues that it is a mistake to define such rigid distinctions in the first place, and the most decisive ""human error"" may be the ingrained impulse to understand ourselves primarily in contrast to our other worldly companions. In ""Human Error,"" Pettman describes the three sides of the cybernetic triangle--human, animal, and machine--as a rubric for understanding key figures, textsPosthumanities ;14.Philosophical anthropologyAnimals (Philosophy)TechnologyPhilosophyElectronic books.Philosophical anthropology.Animals (Philosophy)TechnologyPhilosophy.128Pettman Dominic800847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456616603321Human error1999825UNINA