The Transhumanist Reader
Max More
ISBN 10: 1118334310 ISBN 13: 9781118334317
Editore: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, GB, 2013
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The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life extension, and consider possible solutions to the growing issues of social and ethical implications and concerns. Edited by the internationally acclaimed founders of the philosophy and social movement of transhumanism, The Transhumanist Reader is an indispensable guide to our current state of knowledge of the quest to expand the frontiers of human nature. Codice articolo LU-9781118334317
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The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking
The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life extension, and consider possible solutions to the growing issues of social and ethical implications and concerns. Edited by the internationally acclaimed founders of the philosophy and social movement of transhumanism, The Transhumanist Reader is an indispensable guide to our current state of knowledge of the quest to expand the frontiers of human nature.
Informazioni sull'autore:
Max More, PhD is President of Alcor Life Extension Foundation
Natasha Vita-More, PhD is a Professor at the University of Advancing Technology
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Titolo: The Transhumanist Reader
Casa editrice: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, GB
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New