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Knowledge politics and new converging technologies: a social epistemological perspective [PDF]

, 2009
The “new converging technologies” refers to the prospect of advancing the human condition by the integrated study and application of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and the cognitive sciences - or “NBIC”.
Adleman L.M., Amos M., Arthur W.B., Bainbridge W.S., Bhaskar R., Brenner R., Chatterjee A., Dupré J., Feyerabend P., Fuller S., Fuller S., Fuller S., Galison P., Gilbert W., Glover J., Greenberg D.D., Habermas J., Hacking I., Harris J., Harrison P., Heelan P., Helpman E., Hirst P., Kevles D., Khushf G., Kostoff R., Kostoff R., Kurzweil R., Laudan L., Lenski R., Lukes S., Morange M., Moss L., Nordmann A., Roco M., Roco M., Roco M.C., Rose N., Sandel M., Saracci R., Schmidt J.C., Selin C., Shew A., Singer P., Stehr N., Steve Fuller, Youtie J.   +46 more
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Transhumanism and Singularity: A Comparative Analysis of a Radical Perspective in Contemporary Works

Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2019
A new literary tendency of the 21st century has reached a certain level where it encapsulates both the past and future of humans. We call this tendency “transhumanism”, and it endeavors to combine science and technology through the filtration of ...
Timuçin Buğra Edman
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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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Superlongevity and African Ethics

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 832-850, July 2025.
ABSTRACT I apply African moral precepts to the topic of ‘superlongevity’. I make the case that African theories give rise to three specific sorts of moral concern about life extension that are distinct from similar objections in Western literature: first, superlongevity presents a challenge to identity; second, significantly longer lives face increased
Christopher S. Wareham
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Transhumanism and Evolution. Considerations on Darwin, Lamarck and Transhumanism

Ethics in Progress, 2014
In the paper, I discuss the possible gap between the transhumanist perspective of controlling and perfecting human evolution through scientific means and the Darwinian and neo-Darwinian theory of biological evolution.
Filip Bardziński
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L’immortalité et ses impatients

Socio-anthropologie, 2015
The end of mortality due to biological aging is announced, and with it, great upheavals of the human condition, traditionally characterized by its finitude. Transhumanism, either as a futuristic fantasy or a concrete endeavor, is identified as the banner
Gabriel Dorthe
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Transhumanism and human enhancement: A postmortem [PDF]

, 2015
Fil: Vaccari, Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Macquarie University; Australia. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Sede Andina.
Vaccari, Andrés
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Prayer, Participation, and Perfection in Dante's Commedia

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 515-538, July 2025.
Abstract This article stands at the intersection of two theological moments: one recognizing the theological authority of Dante Alighieri, especially in his Commedia, the other examining the relation of the doctrine of prayer to the doctrine of God. It argues that Dante can inform modern theological reflection on this relation in a profound way.
Stephen C. Pepper
wiley   +1 more source

Transhumanism and Ethics of Responsability

Resonancias: Revista de Filosofía, 2018
Transhumanism is a current of thought that promotes human enhancement through technological progress. The debate that provokes transhumanism needs to be thought in the light of scientific and technological progress and at the same time demands to be ...
Antonio Luis Terrones Rodríguez
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Ambivalent Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Religious Education: A Comparative Study Among Teachers in Germany and Poland

Teaching Theology &Religion, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 110-123, July 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the perception of artificial intelligence (AI) in religious education, comparing the views of Catholic religion teachers in Germany and Poland. The analysis focuses mainly on generative AI, particularly large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or Claude, which have recently transformed educational and communicative ...
Mariusz Chrostowski, Paweł Mąkosa
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