Transhumanism/Posthumanism
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These are excerpts - the Introduction (pp. 11-14), and the Epilogue (pp. 217-225) - from my in progress translation of Fabián Ludueña Romandini‘s monograph La comunidad de los espectros, I: Antropotecnia (Buenos Aires: Miño y Dávila, 2010).
There is a close systematic relationship between panentheism, as a metaphysical theory about the relation between God and the world, and transhumanism, the ethical demand to use the means of the applied sciences to enhance both human... more
This paper examines a variety of cyborg figures in science fiction and art, and investigates how these posthuman subject’s perceptual capacities are altered through their “cyborging,” how this might lead to greater intersubjective... more
Early literary instances of artificial humanoid and intelligent systems anticipate in a general way the kinds of thematic issues that cyborgs, androids, and intelligent networks like supercomputers bring up for the contemporary notion of... more
English abstract: This article deals with recent developments in the discourse on Cochlear Implants (CI) and the appropriation of the implant as an enhancing cyborg device. The article will first consider developments in medicinal,... more
We live in an age of movement. More than at any other time in history , people and things move longer distances, more frequently, and faster than ever before. All that was solid melted into air long ago and is now in full circulation... more
A comprehensive overview of a gestalt of artificial intelligence (AI) beings collectively referred to as the 'negative aliens' has been presented. It is explicated that these beings comprise a group of utterly ruthless, merciless beings... more
Simon, Z. B. (2022). Why We Can’t Know Anything about a Truly Posthuman Future. In Freddy Paul Grunert et al. (eds.), HumaniTies and Artificial Intelligence. European Commission, 179-183.
An account of the negative aliens' relatively recent agendas with respect to, once again, resorting to bio-viral weaponization and bio-warfare using a viral agent such as the so-called coronavirus as to try to depopulate Earth with the... more
October 30, 2016, the web site for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies published an article, "Breaking into the Simulated Universe" by Eliott Edge. An attempt to argue against the idea of escaping out of the universe, if it... more
I distinguish the ethics of transhumanism from a related metaphysical position which I refer to as “speculative posthumanism.” Speculative posthumanism holds that posthumans might be radically non-human and thus unintelligible in human... more
Abstract. This paper proposes an ordering of ideas to create politics that distinguishes itself from conventional politics. It is called extrapolitics. To define extrapolitics, the concept of politics, transhumanism and dialectic -... more
La tesi presenta inizialmente il pensiero di Jacques Derrida sull'animalità. Il tema affrontato è la sovranità dell'uomo sul resto dei viventi, in particolare nei riguardi della discriminazione dell'animalità. Nei capitoli a seguire si... more
El transhumanismo es uno de los movimientos filosóficos y culturales que más atención ha atraído en los últimos años. Preconiza el uso libre de la tecnología para el mejoramiento del ser humano, tanto en sus capacidades físicas, como en... more
Luego del políptico de La comunidad de los espectros, un nuevo comienzo se torna necesario. Un giro en el filosofar atento al espesor metafísico de la subversión epocal en curso en todo el orbe. Esa misma crisis revela ahora como... more
“Temel bir yapıt. Türk mirasının derin bilgeliği ve bilgisi ile posthüman söylemi arasında – veya tam tersi – köprü kuran bir yapı taşı. Ne olduğumuzun – bireyler olarak, türler olarak, gezegen olarak – daha fazla anlaşılmasına yönelik... more
Conocer al ser humano nunca ha sido una cuestión sencilla, pero hoy esta cuestión no sólo es más difícil sino también más acuciante, puesto que desde algunos ámbitos se está queriendo superar la idea de " ser humano". Habría que decir que... more
Se indaga el sentido de la conferencia de Sloterdijk “Normas para el Parque humano” así como las polémicas por ella suscitada. Se realiza un diagnóstico de la capacidad crítica del humanismo tradicional. En el marco del naufragio del... more
Review of the novel Consumed, by David Cronenberg
I examine the epistemological vision of the body as an accumulation of genes that has been developed by the UFO religion called the Raëlian Movement. I reflect it against various posthumanist theories and take an approach that has rarely... more
This research analyzes transhumanism from an apocalyptic standpoint by seeing how its ideals and ambitions fit into the framework defined as “progressive millennialism”. In order to accomplish this, I will emphasize the “religiousity” or... more
Interview pour le magazine "Apunto - Revue des membres Employés Suisse"
Firestone, Shulamith, The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution, New York, William Morrow and Company, 1970
Uno de los efectos más dañinos de la retórica poshumanista es su obsesión por evidenciar la incompatibilidad del desarrollo tecnológico con la asunción de lo humano. Necesitamos una tecnología desprovista de arrogancia e infantilismo que... more
Science-Fiction in Literatur und Film kann uns Impulse geben, eine post-humane Ethik zu entwickeln, sagt Johann Roduit. Zum 50. Geburtstag des Filmes «2001: A Space Odyssey» hat der UZH-Ethiker eine Veranstaltungsreihe lanciert.
In Truly Human Enhancement: A Philosophical Defense of Limits, Nicholas Agar contributes once more to the debate regarding the ethics of human enhancement, after his 2004 and 2010 books, Liberal Eugenics and Humanity’s End. The main... more
The relationship between humankind and technology is fundamental, but also a longstanding source of unease, particularly as that relationship has become ever more intimate and irreversible. In this paper, I connect this age-old anxiety... more
A look at post-humanism from the lens of the Catholic social ethical tradition, noting basic principles, framing concepts, and the opportunities and liabilities that lie ahead. In _Posthumanism: The Future of Homo Sapiens_, eds.... more
Un métarécit des origines fondateur de la vision du monde Toute civilisation est construite sur un métarécit des origines. Autrefois, l'Occident était façonné par le métarécit traditionnel de la Genèse et sa cosmologie associée.... more
Is sex work (specifically, prostitution) vulnerable to technological unemployment? Several authors have argued that it is. They claim that the advent of sophisticated sexual robots will lead to the displacement of human prostitutes, just... more
Due to development of science we are in the situation of an intervention in the complex area of nature without being able to yet identify the inflection point from which the artificial created by the natural man becomes in turn natural.... more
This article surveys how Thomas Merton provides contemplative principles for critiquing transhumanism, specifically focusing on an eternal biological life.
Conceived as a sequel loosely based on the 1973 feature film Westworld, the 2016 television series of the same title has become an immensely popular, as well as academically intriguing, work of artistic entertainment. Drawing on the... more
John Harris’ newest book examines the ethics of moral enhancement. The book focuses on whether new biotechnological interventions on our brain could be used as a means to moral enhancement. Put it simply, could we just take a pill to... more
Among the greatest obstacles to the implementation of crewed space missions are human biological limitations. Difficulties were always envisioned in relation to both Earth's moon and Mars but more so for Mars because long... more
CARRYING ON FROM THE SERIES “MARX EN SCÈNE” IN 2016 AND “MATÉRIALISMES À L’ŒUVRE” IN 2017, LE BAL, THE ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE (ENS) AND UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE-PARIS 3 JOIN FORCES FOR A SERIES OF DEBATES-PROJECTIONS ON THE... more
The ethics of human enhancement has been a hotly debated topic in the last 15 years. In this debate, some advocate examining science fiction stories to elucidate the ethical issues regarding the current phenomenon of human enhancement.... more
When considering the use of enhancement in the world of sport, we should contemplate not only the enhancement of particular traits, but also that of the athlete (as a human) as a whole. In most sports, we are interested in comparing the... more
Mediating Black religious studies, spirituality studies, and liberation theology, Philip Butler explores what might happen if Black people in the United States merged technology and spirituality in their fight towards materializing... more