Natural Born Transhumans

This work promotes the thesis that humans are naturally transhuman. In order to achieve this, we present in the first two sections some examples of technological devices assembled to human beings, and we critically review the assumptions and dichotomies on which the idea of human enhancement is base...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pedace, Karina Silvia, Balmaceda, Tomás, Lawler, Diego, I. Pérez, Diana, Zeller, Maximiliano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR)
Repositorio:Revista de Filosofia Aurora (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.pucpr.br:article/26195
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.pucpr.br/aurora/article/view/26195
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Transhumanism
Human Enhancement
Extended Mind
Prothesis
Artificial Intelligence.
Descripción
Sumario:This work promotes the thesis that humans are naturally transhuman. In order to achieve this, we present in the first two sections some examples of technological devices assembled to human beings, and we critically review the assumptions and dichotomies on which the idea of human enhancement is based according to the ordinary transhumanist vision. Thirdly, we present the thesis of the Extended Mind to support our intuition. Fourthly, we dismantle the most relevant philosophical dichotomies that structure the transhumanist position. Finally, we recapitulate the reasons why we should wake up from the transhumanist dream.