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

by Thomas Fuchs

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"