Cyber Flashcards
What is Cultural posthumanism
A branch of cultural theory that
2- Criticizes the foundational assumptions of Renaissance humanism and its legacy.
3-examines and questions the historical notions of “human” and “human nature”
4- challenges typical notions of human subjectivity and embodiment and strives to move beyond archaic concepts of “human nature”
5- strives to develop ones which constantly adapt to contemporary technoscientific knowledge.
What is Philosophical Posthumanism concerned about?
the philosophical strand examines the ethical implications of expanding the circle of moral concern and extending subjectivities beyond the human species
What are the objectives of transhumanism
an ideology and movement which seeks to develop and make available technologies that eliminate aging and greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, in order to achieve a “posthuman future”
What is “cosmism” ?
Based on the idea of AI takeover. It supports the building of strong artificial intelligence even if it may entail the end of humanity as in their view it “would be a cosmic tragedy if humanity freezes evolution at the puny human level”.
