Transhumanism: The Proper Guide to a Posthuman Condition or a Dangerous Idea? - Brossura

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9783030565480: Transhumanism: The Proper Guide to a Posthuman Condition or a Dangerous Idea?
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ISBN 10: 3030565483 ISBN 13: 9783030565480
Casa editrice: Springer, 2021

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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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>The book will be of value to researchers engaged with artificial intelligence, and the ethical, societal, and philosophical impacts of science and technology.</div><div><br></div>

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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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>The book will be of value to researchers engaged with artificial intelligence, and the ethical, societal, and philosophical impacts of science and technology. </div><div><br></div>

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Editore
Springer
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
3030565483
ISBN 13 
9783030565480
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Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
256
Redattore
Hofkirchner Wolfgang, Kreowski Hans-Jörg
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ISBN 10:  3030565459 ISBN 13:  9783030565459
Casa editrice: Springer-Nature New York Inc, 2020
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