The transhumanist reader : classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology, and philosophy of the human future / edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 460 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781118555965
- 1118555961
- 9781118555927
- 1118555929
- 9781118555996
- 1118555996
- Medical technology -- Social aspects
- Humanism -- History
- Human body (Philosophy) -- History
- Genetic engineering -- Social aspects
- MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Medical Technology
- MEDICAL -- Biotechnology
- MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice
- MEDICAL -- Lasers in Medicine
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Biomedical
- Genetic engineering -- Social aspects
- Human body (Philosophy)
- Humanism
- Medical technology -- Social aspects
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- R855.3 .T73 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
pt. I. Roots and core themes -- pt. II. Human enhancement : the somatic sphere -- pt. III. Human enhancement : the cognitive sphere -- pt. IV. Core technologies -- pt. V. Engines of life : identity and beyond death -- pt. VI. Enhanced decision-making -- pt. VII. Biopolitics and policy -- pt. VIII. Future trajectories : singularity -- pt. IX. The world's most dangerous idea.
Social Sciences and Humanities