Virtual immortality - god, evolution and the singularity in post- and transhumanism
"In recent years, ideas of post- and transhumanism have been popularized by novels, TV series and Hollywood movies. According to this radical perspective, humankind and all biological life have become obsolete. Traditional forms of life are inefficient to process information and too inept at cr...
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| 格式: | Print 圖書 |
| 語言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Bielefeld
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[2021]
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| In: |
Kulturen der Gesellschaft (Volume 41)
Year: 2021 |
| 叢編: | Kulturen der Gesellschaft
Volume 41 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
後人類主義
/ 超人類主義
B 後人類主義 / 不朽 (紋樣) / 超人類主義 / 人工智能 / 體格 / 身份 / 身份探索 B 後人類主義 / 人類 / 預測 B 社會 / 數字化革命 / 個人主義 |
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Transhumanism
B SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sociology of Religion B 後人類主義 B Transhumanisme B 超人類主義 B Anthropologie philosophique B Immortality B Immortalité B Posthumanism B Philosophical Anthropology B Humanism B 文學研究 |
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| 總結: | "In recent years, ideas of post- and transhumanism have been popularized by novels, TV series and Hollywood movies. According to this radical perspective, humankind and all biological life have become obsolete. Traditional forms of life are inefficient to process information and too inept at crossing the high frontier: outer space. While humankind can expect to be replaced by their own artificial progeny, post-humanists assume that they will become an immortal part of a transcendent superintelligence. Kruger's award-winning study examines the historical and philosophical context of these futuristic promises by Ray Kurzweil, Nick Bostrom, Frank Tipler, and other posthumanist thinkers"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 319-347 |
| 實物描述: | 354 Seiten, 22.5 cm x 14.8 cm, 543 g |
| ISBN: | 3837650596 |
