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Scientific advances in genetics, neuroscience, and artificial
intelligence signal the end of our traditional concept of the human
being. The most vigorous movements dealing with this ongoing crisis
of humanism are posthumanism and transhumanism. While posthumanism
reconsiders what it means to be human, transhumanism actively
promotes human enhancement. Both approaches address the posthuman
condition in the technological age. In 20 articles, written by
leading scholars of the field, this volume provides the first
comprehensive introduction to debates beyond humanism.
The concept of transhumanism emerged in the middle of the 20th
century, and has influenced discussions around AI, brain–computer
interfaces, genetic technologies and life extension. Despite its
enduring influence in the public imagination, a fully developed
philosophy of transhumanism has not yet been presented. In this new
book, leading philosopher Stefan Lorenz Sorgner explores the
critical issues that link transhumanism with digitalization, gene
technologies and ethics. He examines the history and meaning of
transhumanism and asks bold questions about human perfection,
cyborgs, genetically enhanced entities, and uploaded minds.
Offering insightful reflections on values, norms and utopia, this
will be an important guide for readers interested in contemporary
digital culture, gene ethics, and policy making.
The relationship between humanism, metahumanism, posthumanism and
transhumanism is one of the most pressing topics concerning many
current cultural, social, political, ethical and individual
challenges. There have been a great number of uses of the various
terms in history. Meta-, post- and transhumanism have in common
that they reject the categorically dualist understanding of human
beings inherent in humanism. The essays in this volume consider the
relevant historical discourses, important contemporary
philosophical reflections and artistic perspectives on this
subject-matter. The goal is to obtain a multifaceted survey of the
concepts, the relationship of the various concepts and their
advantages as well as their disadvantages. Leading scholars of many
different traditions, countries and disciplines have contributed to
this collection.
Leading scholars from various disciplines analyze the relevance of
evolutionary theory for future developments, whereby the fields of
anthropology, ethics, and theology are considered in particular
detail. The main parts of the collection are dedicated to the
following three questions: What are the basic principles of
evolutionary processes? Is it morally legitimate to influence
evolution by means of enhancement technologies? What is the
relationship between evolutionary theory and belief in God?
The concept of transhumanism emerged in the middle of the 20th
century, and has influenced discussions around AI, brain-computer
interfaces, genetic technologies and life extension. Despite its
enduring influence in the public imagination, a fully developed
philosophy of transhumanism has not yet been presented. In this new
book, leading philosopher Stefan Lorenz Sorgner explores the
critical issues that link transhumanism with digitalization, gene
technologies and ethics. He examines the history and meaning of
transhumanism and asks bold questions about human perfection,
cyborgs, genetically enhanced entities, and uploaded minds.
Offering insightful reflections on values, norms and utopia, this
will be an important guide for readers interested in contemporary
digital culture, gene ethics, and policy making.
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On Transhumanism (Hardcover)
Stefan Lorenz Sorgner; Translated by Spencer Hawkins
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Transhumanism is widely misunderstood, in part because the media
have exaggerated current technologies and branded the movement as
dangerous, leading many to believe that hybrid humans may soon walk
among us and that immortality, achieved by means of mind-uploading,
is imminent. In this essential and clarifying volume, Stefan Lorenz
Sorgner debunks widespread myths about transhumanism and tackles
the most pressing ethical issues in the debate over technologically
assisted human enhancement. On Transhumanism is a vital primer on
the subject, written by a world-renowned expert. In this book,
Sorgner presents an overview of the movement's history, capably
summarizing the twelve pillars of transhumanist discourse and
explaining the great diversity of transhumanist responses to each
individual topic. He highlights the urgent ethical challenges
related to the latest technological developments, inventions, and
innovations and compares the unique cultural standing of
transhumanism to other cultural movements, placing it within the
broader context of the Enlightenment, modernity, postmodernity, and
the philosophical writings of Nietzsche. Engagingly written and
translated and featuring an introduction for North American
readers, this comprehensive overview of the cultural and
philosophical movement of transhumanism will be required reading
for students of posthumanist philosophy and for general audiences
interested in learning about the transhumanist movement.
Transhumanism is widely misunderstood, in part because the media
have exaggerated current technologies and branded the movement as
dangerous, leading many to believe that hybrid humans may soon walk
among us and that immortality, achieved by means of mind-uploading,
is imminent. In this essential and clarifying volume, Stefan Lorenz
Sorgner debunks widespread myths about transhumanism and tackles
the most pressing ethical issues in the debate over technologically
assisted human enhancement. On Transhumanism is a vital primer on
the subject, written by a world-renowned expert. In this book,
Sorgner presents an overview of the movement's history, capably
summarizing the twelve pillars of transhumanist discourse and
explaining the great diversity of transhumanist responses to each
individual topic. He highlights the urgent ethical challenges
related to the latest technological developments, inventions, and
innovations and compares the unique cultural standing of
transhumanism to other cultural movements, placing it within the
broader context of the Enlightenment, modernity, postmodernity, and
the philosophical writings of Nietzsche. Engagingly written and
translated and featuring an introduction for North American
readers, this comprehensive overview of the cultural and
philosophical movement of transhumanism will be required reading
for students of posthumanist philosophy and for general audiences
interested in learning about the transhumanist movement.
Though many well-known German philosophers have devoted
considerable attention to music and its aesthetics, surprisingly
few of their writings on the subject have been translated into
English. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, a philosopher, and Oliver Furbeth,
a musicologist, here fill this important gap for musical scholars
and students alike with this compelling guide to the musical
discourse of ten of the most important German philosophers, from
Kant to Adorno. "Music in German Philosophy" includes contributions
from a renowned group of ten scholars, including some of today's
most prominent German thinkers, all of whom are specialists in the
writers they treat. Each chapter consists of a short biographical
sketch of the philosopher concerned, a summary of his writings on
aesthetics, and finally a detailed exploration of his thoughts on
music. The book is prefaced by the editors' original introduction,
presenting music philosophy in Germany before and after Kant, as
well as a new introduction and foreword to this English-language
edition, which places contemplations on music by these German
philosophers within a broader intellectual climate.
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