INT 381 - Man the Machine

Institution:

SUNY College at Plattsburgh

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Description:

Since the fifteenth century, the machine has been used as a metaphor for human interactions. This course explores the way in which artists, engineers, anatomists, philosophers, social theorists, economists, science fiction writers, inventors of robots, and molecular biologists have used the machine metaphor to study and explain human functions. Taking a broad cultural approach to mechanistic metaphors, between Leonardo da Vinci and the Human Genome Project, offers a new perspective on the history of modern science, technology and spirituality, revealing many dimensions of the human condition today. (Spring). Liberal arts.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.plattsburgh.edu

Phone Number:

(518) 564-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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