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White and Black Posthumanism

After Consciousness and the Unconscious

Produktform: Buch / Einband - flex.(Paperback)

Computer technology, pharmacology, genetics, and neurosciences promise people the possibility of making fundamental technical changes to themselves. According to post-humanist theory, from the modifications humans perform on the human organism a post-human being will result which is supposed to have a massively broader spectrum of bodily and cognitive capabilities compared to humans. On the other hand, some essentially human characteristics will be dispensable for the post-human. For example, it has been assumed that such beings would not even require consciousness, since conscious experience might be more of a hindrance to the smooth functionality of action that will be needed in the future. This would mean that an almost unimaginable transformation would occur, and the oft-anticipated 'end of man' could become a reality in an unforeseen way. This book considers the post-humanist scenario from the perspectives of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and cognitive science.weiterlesen

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Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-9904322-4-2 / 978-3990432242 / 9783990432242

Verlag: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH

Erscheinungsdatum: 07.08.2009

Seiten: 160

Auflage: 1

Autor(en): Martin Kurthen
Übersetzt von Robert Payne

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