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The transhumanist reader : classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology, and philosophy of the human future / edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More.
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English
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
©2013
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xiii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Philosophical anthropology
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Human beings
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Human evolution
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Forecasting
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Medical technology
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Humanism
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Human body (Philosophy)
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Genetic engineering
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More, Max, 1964-
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Vita-More, Natasha, 1950-
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Summary note
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. Editors: Max More, PhD is President and CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the world's leading cryonics organization. An internationally acclaimed strategic philosopher, Dr. More is recognized for his thinking on the philosophical and cultural implications of emerging technologies. Natasha Vita-More, PhD is a leading expert on human enhancement and emerging and speculative technologies and is a Professor at the University of Advancing Technology, Tempe Ariz. Dr. Vita-More's writings have appeared in Technoetic Arts: Journal of Speculative Research, Metaverse Creativity and The Global Spiral. She has appeared in numerous televised documentaries on media design, culture, and the future.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Roots and core themes
Human enhancement : the somatic sphere
Human enhancement : the cognitive sphere
Core technologies
Engines of life : identity and beyond death
Enhanced decision-making
Biopolitics and policy
Futute trajectories : singularity
The world's most dangerous ideas.
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Science, technology, and philosophy of the human future
ISBN
9781118334294 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
1118334299 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9781118334317 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
1118334310 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2012050378
OCLC
811003220
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The transhumanist reader [electronic resource] : classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology, and philosophy of the human future / edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More.
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