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Posthuman life : philosophy at the edge of the human / David Roden

London : Routledge, 2015

211 pages ; 24 cm

Englisch

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Churchland's centipede; 1 Humanism, transhumanism and posthumanism; 2 A defence of pre-critical posthumanism; 3 The edge of the human; 4 Weird tales: anthropologically unbounded posthumanism; 5 The disconnection thesis; 6 Functional autonomy and assemblage theory; 7 New substantivism: a theory of technology; 8 The ethics of becoming posthuman; Bibliography; Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index

1-84465-806-6 ; 978-1-84465-805-3 (hbk); 978-1-84465-806-0

OCoLC: 857879220     

LB 31970      Ähnliche Literatur

B105.A55 A53 2014

179.3

Basisklassifikation: 08.36 (Philosophische Anthropologie)

bcl: 50.12

*Philosophische Anthropologie      Zum Register

*Posthumanismus ; Transhumanismus      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects ; Human-animal relationships -- Philosophy ; <Philosophical anthropology ; Speciesism

We imagine posthumans as humans made superhumanly intelligent or resilient by future advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science. Many argue that these enhanced people might live better lives; others fear that tinkering with our nature will undermine our sense of our own humanity. Whoever is right, it is assumed that our technological successor will be an upgraded or degraded version of us: Human 2.0. Posthuman Life argues that the enhancement debate projects a human face onto an empty screen. We do not know what will happen and, not being posthuman