Transhumanism: The Proper Guide to a Posthuman Condition or a Dangerous Idea? (1st ed. 2021) (Cognitive Technologies)

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Synopsis
This book examines the contributions of the transhumanism approach to technology, in particular the contributed chapters are wary of the implications of this popular idea.The volume is organized into four parts concerning philosophical, military, technological and sociological aspects of transhumanism, but the reader is free to choose various reading patterns. Topics discussed include gene editing, the singularity, ethical machines, metaphors in AI, mind uploading, and the philosophy of art, and some perspectives taken or discussed examine transhumanism within the context of the philosophy of technology, transhumanism as a derailed anthropology, and critical sociological aspects that consider transhumanism in the context of topical concerns such as whiteness, maleness, and masculinity.The book will be of value to researchers engaged with artificial intelligence, and the ethical, societal, and philosophical impacts of science and technology.
Copyright:
2021

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9783030565466
Related ISBNs:
9783030565459
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Reference, Computers and Internet, Health, Mind and Body, Philosophy
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Wolfgang Hofkirchner
Edited by:
Hans-Jörg Kreowski

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