Robert Frodeman

Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science (eBook, PDF)

A Critique of Technoscience

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an interdisciplinary account of the role of science and technology in contemporary culture, culminating in a social-political and philosophical critique of transhumanism. The author probes the assumptions of transhumanist thinkers and prominent critics as he develops his own distinctive take on transhumanism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429583162
• Artikelnr.: 56936117

Autorenporträt

Robert Frodeman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas. He is the author and/or editor of 16 books, including the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity, Sustainable Knowledge: A Theory of Interdisciplinarity, and Socrates Tenured: The Institutions of 21st Century Philosophy (with Adam Briggle).

Inhaltsangabe

The Bones of the Argument
Chapter 1: The Tools of Our Tools
Chapter 2: Beyond the Human Condition
Chapter 3: Life in the Transition
Excursus I: The Practice of Philosophy in the 21st Century
Chapter 4: Aging Boys Will be the Death of Us
Chapter 5: Science as Pharmakon
Excursus II: Philosophy, Rhetoric, Policy
Chapter 6: The Metaphysics of Transhumanism
Chapter 7: Contemplating a Medium Sized Catastrophe
Chapter 8: The Consolation of Geology