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...
| Otros títulos: | Biology, transhumanism, and the search for indefinite life |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Servicio de pedido Subito: | Pedir ahora. |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Press
[2024]
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| En: | Año: 2024 |
| Colección / Revista: | Posthumanities
71 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Inmortalidad
/ Trashumanismo
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| Otras palabras clave: | B
Transhumanism
B Immortalism B Transhumanisme B Immortality (Philosophy) B Technology and civilization B Immortalité (Philosophie) B Technologie et civilisation B Immortalisme |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | No electrónico
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| Sumario: | "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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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | 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 |
