The Logical Inconsistency of Transhumanism
Transhumanists such as Nick Bostrom and Ray Kurzweil argue that radical human enhancements will allow persons alive today to achieve a kind of technological immortality. The transhumanist movement has gained numerous followers who hope to live indefinitely as bio-enhanced 'posthumans' in a...
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Mohr Siebeck
2023
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Philosophy, theology and the sciences
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 199-220 |
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Transhumanism
B Human Nature B Immortality B Survival B Personal Identity |
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