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This book is designed to offer a comprehensive high-level introduction to transhumanism, an international political and cultural movement that aims to produce a “paradigm shift” in our ethical and political understanding of human evolution. Transhumanist thinkers want the human species to take the course of evolution into its own hands, using advanced technologies currently under development – such as robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cognitive neurosciences, and nanotechnology – to overcome our present physical and mental limitations, improve our intelligence beyond the current maximum achievable level, acquire skills that are currently the preserve of other species, abolish involuntary aging and death, and ultimately achieve a post-human level of existence. The book covers transhumanism from a historical, philosophical, and scientific viewpoint, tracing its cultural roots, discussing the main philosophical, epistemological, and ethical issues, and reviewing the state of the art in scientific research on the topics of most interest to transhumanists. The writing style is clear and accessible for the general reader, but the book will also appeal to graduate and undergraduate students.

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Il transumanismo è un movimento filosofico e culturale internazionale che vuole che l'uomo prenda in mano la propria evoluzione biologica tramite l'uso della tecnologia. L'obiettivo finale è quello di raggiungere uno stadio evolutivo "post-umano", in cui noi stessi e i nostri discendenti possiamo godere di una vita lunghissima e di capacità fisiche e mentali superiori a quelle attuali. Un po’ come il “Giano bifronte” della tradizione romana, il movimento transumanista ha due facce, in questo caso una rivolta al presente, ai progressi scientifici e tecnologici attualmente in corso, e l’altra che guarda al mondo che verrà. Il libro costituisce per il lettore un viaggio tra le affermazioni, le idee più concrete e quelle più fantasiose di questi pensatori, ed effettuerà nel contempo un “reality check”, esaminando lo stato dell’arte in ambito tecno-scientifico, andando cioè a vedere che rapporto hanno queste idee con il lavoro e le ricerche degli scienziati non esplicitamente transumanisti.

Science --- Philosophy --- Philosophical anthropology --- Qualitative methods in social research --- Sociology --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- popularisering wetenschap --- sociologie --- wetenschap --- filosofie --- technologie --- wijsgerige antropologie --- levenskwaliteit --- persoonlijkheidsleer --- wetenschappen --- ingenieurswetenschappen

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Science --- Philosophical anthropology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy of science --- Logic --- General ethics --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Human medicine --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- History --- wetenschapsgeschiedenis --- wetenschap --- filosofie --- geschiedenis --- technologie --- epistomologie --- biotechnologie --- antropologie --- kennisleer --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- ingenieurswetenschappen

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This book is designed to offer a comprehensive high-level introduction to transhumanism, an international political and cultural movement that aims to produce a “paradigm shift” in our ethical and political understanding of human evolution. Transhumanist thinkers want the human species to take the course of evolution into its own hands, using advanced technologies currently under development – such as robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cognitive neurosciences, and nanotechnology – to overcome our present physical and mental limitations, improve our intelligence beyond the current maximum achievable level, acquire skills that are currently the preserve of other species, abolish involuntary aging and death, and ultimately achieve a post-human level of existence. The book covers transhumanism from a historical, philosophical, and scientific viewpoint, tracing its cultural roots, discussing the main philosophical, epistemological, and ethical issues, and reviewing the state of the art in scientific research on the topics of most interest to transhumanists. The writing style is clear and accessible for the general reader, but the book will also appeal to graduate and undergraduate students.

Science --- Philosophical anthropology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy of science --- Logic --- General ethics --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Human medicine --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- History --- wetenschapsgeschiedenis --- wetenschap --- filosofie --- geschiedenis --- technologie --- epistomologie --- biotechnologie --- antropologie --- kennisleer --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- ingenieurswetenschappen