Posthuman life : philosophy at the edge of the human
David Roden
Bok Språk ikke angitt 2015
| Utgitt | London : Routledge , 2015
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| Omfang | 211 pages
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| Opplysninger | Includes bibliographical references and index. - 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... - 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
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| ISBN | 1844658066. - 9781844658053 (hbk)
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