Past Member
Katja Guenther
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of the Human Sciences
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Katja Guenther is completing a book project on the history of the mirror self-recognition test in the twentieth century. Scientists placed infants, “primitives,” robots, and animals of various kinds in front of mirrors, in order to pose and find new answers to the perennial question, What makes us human?
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
2009