TransVision 2010 * ARTICOLO COMPLETO Presentation by Miriam Ji Sun
Technology, Tranhumanism, Tidiness and Transgression
Transhumanism raises some fundamental questions that newly arise in a very concrete form due to developments in science and technology.
Many topics that are related to transhumanist philosophy such as immortality, the definition of life and the distinction between humans, animals and non-animate objects as well as the nature of thought, identity and being human can be traced far back in human history (e.g. Greek mythology, Chinese and Hindu tradition). Western as well as Eastern religions and philosophies have tried to find answers to these questions and to develop their own explanation models. However, through modern science and technology, these questions can be viewed in a new light....