Published as part of the "Oxford Readings in Philosophy" series, this collection of philosophical works concern the interdisciplinary study of artificial life. Contributers include: Margaret A. Boden, Christopher G. Langton, Thomas Ray, John Maynard Smith, David J McFarland, Michael Wheeler, David Kirsh, Andy Clark, Horst Hendriks-Jansen, Gareth B. Matthews, Peter Godfrey Smith, Mark Bedau, Eliiot Sober and H.H. Pattee.