Prosthetic immortalities: biology, transhumanism, and the search for indefinite life
"Prosthetic Immortalities examines the persistence of humans' aspirations of deathlessness, showing that the link between immortalization and prostheticization is a ubiquitous element of the discourse of immortality. Arguing that the discovery of biological immortals, such as cancer cells...
| Altri titoli: | Biology, transhumanism, and the search for indefinite life |
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Pubblicazione: |
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Press
[2024]
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| In: | Anno: 2024 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Posthumanities
71 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Immortalità
/ Transumanesimo
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Transhumanism
B Immortalism B Transhumanisme B Immortality (Philosophy) B Technology and civilization B Immortalité (Philosophie) B Technologie et civilisation B Immortalisme |
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Table of Contents (Aggregator) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | "Prosthetic Immortalities examines the persistence of humans' aspirations of deathlessness, showing that the link between immortalization and prostheticization is a ubiquitous element of the discourse of immortality. Arguing that the discovery of biological immortals, such as cancer cells and bacteria, present novel conceptual difficulties for traditional philosophical approaches to mortality and selfhood, Adam R. Rosenthal asks whether it is life itself that first births immortalizing prostheses"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 322 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4529-7173-5 978-1-4529-7174-2 1-4529-7174-9 1-4529-7173-0 |
