In Defence of the Human Being: Foundational Questions of an Embodied Anthropology

by Thomas Fuchs

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With the progress of artificial intelligence, the digitalization of the lifeworld, and the reduction of the mind to neuronal processes, the human being increasingly appears to be just a product of data and algorithms. That is, we conceive ourselves "in the image of our machines", and conversely, we elevate our machines and our brains to new subjects. At the same time, demands for an enhancement of human nature culminate in transhumanist visions of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0192898191

ISBN13:9780192898197

Release Date:December 2021

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Computers Computers & Technology Psychology

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