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TRANSHUMANISM AS A SECULARIST FAITH

Zygon, 2012
In the second half of the twentieth century, humanism— namely, the worldview that underpinned Western thought for several centuries—has been severely critiqued by philosophers who highlighted its theoretical and ethical limitations.
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Nietzsche and Transhumanism: A Meta-Analytical Perspective

Studia Humana, 2019
In recent years a debate has developed over the ties between Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideas and transhumanism. This article clarifies some issues at the meta-level of the discussion.
Campa Riccardo
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Transhumanism and epistemology [PDF]

, 2009
The author analyzes the main epistemological orientations characterizing the transhumanist movement, by referring to the results of a recent internal survey.
Campa, Riccardo
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Decolonizing Information Narratives: Entangled Apocalyptics, Algorithmic Racism and the Myths of History [PDF]

, 2017
In what follows, some contemporary narratives about ‘the information society’ are interrogated from critical race theoretical and decolonial perspectives with a view to constructing a ‘counter-narrative’ purporting to demonstrate the embeddedness of ...
Ali, Syed Mustafa
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The Relational Quiddity of Virtual/Digital Reality

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 55, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Does the digital/virtual have a reality? For a critical realist, there is no doubt it does, since what can cause something is real. But what kind of reality is it? The article argues that this reality is a relational quidditas. The diffusion of new AI‐based technologies increasingly blends analogue and virtual realities, making it essential to
Pierpaolo Donati
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Approaching Transhumanism: On How Human Beings Transform in the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2014
The following article is to introduce the reader into a cultural and intellectual movement whose aim is to identify the need for improvement in human life in the sphere of physicality as well as mentality with the aid of modern technologies ...
Wendykowska, Emilia
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The Pilgrim’s Progress or Regress? The Case of Transhumanism and Deification

Religions
Transhumanism presents a view of human progress by transcending the human, regarding finitude and suffering to be fundamental problems that must be overcome by radical bioenhancement technologies.
Kimbell Kornu
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Why Altered Carbon is not about the future – and nor is any other science fiction [PDF]

, 2018
Science fiction has a more important job to do – it allows us to see ourselves in a new ...
Miller, Gavin
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Deep ASI Literacy: Educating for Alignment with Artificial Super Intelligent Systems

Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 4, Page 739-764, August 2025.
Abstract Artificial intelligence companies and researchers are currently working to create Artificial Superintelligence (ASI): AI systems that significantly exceed human problem‐solving speed, power, and precision across the full range of human solvable problems. Some have claimed that achieving ASI — for better or worse — would be the most significant
Nicolas J. Tanchuk
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TRANSHUMANISM AND MORAL EQUALITY [PDF]

Bioethics, 2007
ABSTRACTConservative thinkers such as Francis Fukuyama have produced a battery of objections to the transhumanist project of fundamentally enhancing human capacities. This article examines one of these objections, namely that by allowing some to greatly extend their capacities, we will undermine the fundamental moral equality of human beings.
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