The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human FutureMax More, Natasha Vita-More John Wiley & Sons, 5 mars 2013 - 480 pages 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. |
Table des matières
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Transhumanist Declaration 2012 | 54 |
Welcome to the Future of Medicine | 67 |
A Ménage of Art Technology and Science | 83 |
Alternative Biologies | 100 |
The Cognitive Sphere | 111 |
Artificial General Intelligence and the Future of Humanity | 128 |
Intelligent Information Filters and Enhanced Reality | 138 |
Medical Time Travel | 220 |
Transhumanism and Personal Identity | 227 |
Transcendent Engineering | 234 |
Optimizing Technological Outcomes | 258 |
Biopolitics and Policy | 279 |
The Battle for the Future | 302 |
Transgenderism Transhumanism | 317 |
Is Enhancement Worthy of Being a Right? | 345 |
Uploading to SubstrateIndependent Minds | 146 |
Uploading | 157 |
Core Technologies | 165 |
Pigs in Cyberspace | 177 |
Immortalist Fictions and Strategies | 196 |
Dialogue between Ray Kurzweil and Eric Drexler | 205 |
Identity and Beyond Death | 213 |
Singularity | 361 |
An Overview of Models of Technological Singularity | 376 |
A Critical Discussion of Vinges Singularity Concept | 395 |
The Worlds Most Dangerous Idea | 419 |
Trans and Post | 430 |
A Letter to Mother Nature | 449 |
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