This book is an interdisciplinary account of the role of science and technology in contemporary culture, culminating in a social-political and philosophical critique of transhumanism. The author probes the assumptions of transhumanist thinkers and prominent critics as he develops his own distinctive take on transhumanism.
This book is an interdisciplinary account of the role of science and technology in contemporary culture, culminating in a social-political and philosophical critique of transhumanism. The author probes the assumptions of transhumanist thinkers and prominent critics as he develops his own distinctive take on transhumanism.
Robert Frodeman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas. He is the author and/or editor of 16 books, including the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity, Sustainable Knowledge: A Theory of Interdisciplinarity, and Socrates Tenured: The Institutions of 21st Century Philosophy (with Adam Briggle).
Inhaltsangabe
The Bones of the Argument Chapter 1: The Tools of Our Tools Chapter 2: Beyond the Human Condition Chapter 3: Life in the Transition Excursus I: The Practice of Philosophy in the 21st Century Chapter 4: Aging Boys Will be the Death of Us Chapter 5: Science as Pharmakon Excursus II: Philosophy, Rhetoric, Policy Chapter 6: The Metaphysics of Transhumanism Chapter 7: Contemplating a Medium Sized Catastrophe Chapter 8: The Consolation of Geology
The Bones of the Argument Chapter 1: The Tools of Our Tools Chapter 2: Beyond the Human Condition Chapter 3: Life in the Transition Excursus I: The Practice of Philosophy in the 21st Century Chapter 4: Aging Boys Will be the Death of Us Chapter 5: Science as Pharmakon Excursus II: Philosophy, Rhetoric, Policy Chapter 6: The Metaphysics of Transhumanism Chapter 7: Contemplating a Medium Sized Catastrophe Chapter 8: The Consolation of Geology
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