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020			_a9781839826245
020			_a9781839826221 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aB842 _b.P455 2020
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aRoss, Benjamin. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe philosophy of transhumanism : _ba critical analysis / _cBenjamin Ross.
250			_aFirst edition.ition 2020.
260			_aBingley : _bEmerald Publishing Limited, _c(c)2020.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aEmerald Points
505	0	0	_aCover -- _tThe Philosophy Of Transhumanism -- _tThe Philosophy Of Transhumanism: A Critical Analysis -- _tCopyright -- _tContents -- _tIntroduction -- _t1. Redesigning Humans -- _t1.1 Transhumanist Philosophy I: Summoning the Posthuman -- _t1.2 Transhumanist Philosophy II: Epistemological Certainty -- _t1.3 Resisting Transhumanism: Bioconservative Views -- _t1.4 The Language of Enhancement through the Lens of Automation -- _t2. Engaging with Transhumanism -- _t2.1 The Three Supers of Transhumanism -- _t2.2 Mythic and Religious Precursors to Transhumanism -- _t2.3 Modern Philosophy and the Emergence of Transhumanism
505	0	0	_a2.4 Science Fiction: Transhumanism in the Cultural Imagination -- _t2.5 Realizing Transhumanism: Contemporary Institutions -- _t3. Living "Forever": Transhumanism and Mortality -- _t3.1 Human Immortality as Amortality -- _t3.2 The Ontology of Amortality -- _t3.3 Social-Political and Metaphysical Concerns Raised by Amortality -- _t4. "Unlimited" Intelligence and Well-being -- _t4.1 Questioning the Emergence of Superintelligence -- _t4.2 Faith in Superintelligence: An Inevitable Singularity? -- _t4.3 Engineering a Perfect World: Infinite Well-being -- _t4.4 Problematizing Transhuman Hedonism
505	0	0	_a5. The Role of the Philosopher in Transhumanism -- _t5.1 The Overhuman: Proto-transhumanism or Critique? -- _t5.2 Questioning Cyborg Values -- _t5.3 Nietzsche's Philosophy: The Revaluation of Values -- _t6. Transhumanism and Buddhist Philosophy: Two Approaches to Suffering -- _t6.1 Deconstructing the Self versus Enhancing the Self -- _t6.2 Failing to "Empty" Emptiness: Deconstruction as Reification -- _t6.3 Buddhist Philosophy as an Alternative to Transhumanism? -- _tConclusion: Contesting and Considering Transhumanism -- _tREFERENCES -- _tINDEX
520	0		_aTranshumanism is an international movement which anticipates humans developing posthuman capacities in the near future. This work provides an introduction to transhumanism and the ethical and philosophical issues raised by radical human enhancement. The book investigates these questions in a way that is timely and accessible to the non-specialist.
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650		0	_aTranshumanism _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aTranshumanism.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell