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Automata, Robots, and Mechanism

Rough sketch of list themes (WIP): Automata as wonders/marvels. Kinds of automata: clocks, toys, musical instruments, orreries, etc. Masks as automata. Mechanical philosophy. Mechanism vs. Organicism/Holism/Vitalism in the history of ideas. Hermeneutic aspect…

@eagleonthewingThe restless clock: a history of the centuries-long argument over what makes living things tick

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