Transhumanism : the proper guide to a posthuman condition or a dangerous idea? /

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Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2021]
Description:1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language:English
Series:Cognitive technologies, 1611-2482
Cognitive technologies,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12609798
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Other authors / contributors:Hofkirchner, Wolfgang, 1953- editor.
Kreowski, H.-J. (Hans-Jörg), editor.
ISBN:9783030565466
3030565467
9783030565459
3030565459
Digital file characteristics:text file
PDF
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 23, 2021).
Summary: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.
Other form:3030565459
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-56546-6