http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/cartesian-dualism Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:18:53 -0400 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:18:53 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/340/cyborgs-and-robots-a-logically-ordered-existence By Jeremy S. Page - Ilene Serlin's statement does not simply establish an opposition between the 'logically ordered' state and the state of 'spirit and soul,’ but creates expectations of the latter. A society based on order and logic defends its citizens from the ‘darkness to be contained’ (145) which, for Serlin, seems to be an integral part of a natural (human) existence - the je ne sais quoi that separates humanity from hybridised 'Cyborg' creatures. This paper applies Serlin's analysis to the logic/spirit dichotomy portrayed in the Dr. Who episode Dalek and Beckett's young adult novel Genesis... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:56 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/340/cyborgs-and-robots-a-logically-ordered-existence