Argues for an evolutionary continuity between human persons and cyborg persons
Aims to reclaim the term `cyborg,´ arguing that the metaphorical usage fails to pick up on technologically driven changes in human embodiment
Proposes we create space for the possibility of cyborgean ethics
Aleksandra Lukaszewicz Alcaraz is Associate Professor in College of Visual Arts at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland. Her research is in the fields of social philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophical aesthetics, and theory of culture and art.
"Aleksandra Lukaszewicz Alcaraz´s book aims to steer a middle path between posthumanism and various forms of positivism or naturalism. To do this, Alcaraz provides a non-transcendental account of cyborg personhood based on a semiotic conception of the person as a creature woven from cultural practices. This path is richly exemplified with case studies drawn from contemporary art practice and cybernetic research, and valuably contributes to ongoing debates about the implications of technological change for the future of humanity." (David Roden,The Open University, UK)
This book presents argumentation for an evolutionary continuity between human persons and cyborg persons, based on the thought of Joseph Margolis. Relying on concepts of cultural realism and post-Darwinism, Aleksandra Lukaszewicz Alcaraz redefines the notion of the person, rather than a human, and discusses the various issues of human body enhancement and online implants transforming modes of perception, cognition, and communication. She argues that new kinds of embodiment should not make acquiring the status of the person impossible, and different kinds of embodiments may be accepted socially and culturally. She proposes we consider ethical problems of agency and responsibility, critically approaching vitalist posthuman ethics, and rethinking the metaphysical standing of normativity, to create space for possible cyborgean ethics that may be executed in an Extended Republic of Humanity.
1. Introduction
2. Evolutionary Continuity between Human Person and Cyborg Person
3. Semiotic Approach to Person and Cyborg Person
4. Person in a Social and Technological World
5. New Forms of Embodiment
6. Cyborg and Material Communication
7. Vitalist, Posthuman, and Environmental Ethics
8. Possibility of Cyborgean Ethics and Politics
9. Conclusions for Future
1. Introduction.- 2. Evolutionary Continuity between Human Person and Cyborg Person.- 3. Semiotic Approach to Person and Cyborg Person.- 4. Person in a Social and Technological World.- 5. New Forms of Embodiment.- 6. Cyborg and Material Communication.- 7. Vitalist, Posthuman, and Environmental Ethics.- 8. Possibility of Cyborgean Ethics and Politics.- 9. Conclusions for Future.
Aleksandra Lukaszewicz Alcaraz is Associate Professor in College of Visual Arts at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland. Her research is in the fields of social philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophical aesthetics, and theory of culture and art.
Über den Autor
Aleksandra Lukaszewicz Alcaraz is Associate Professor in College of Visual Arts at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland. Her research is in the fields of social philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophical aesthetics, and theory of culture and art.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction
2. Evolutionary Continuity between Human Person and Cyborg Person
3. Semiotic Approach to Person and Cyborg Person
4. Person in a Social and Technological World
5. New Forms of Embodiment
6. Cyborg and Material Communication
7. Vitalist, Posthuman, and Environmental Ethics
8. Possibility of Cyborgean Ethics and Politics
9. Conclusions for Future
Klappentext
This book presents argumentation for an evolutionary continuity between human persons and cyborg persons, based on the thought of Joseph Margolis. Relying on concepts of cultural realism and post-Darwinism, Aleksandra Lukaszewicz Alcaraz redefines the notion of the person, rather than a human, and discusses the various issues of human body enhancement and online implants transforming modes of perception, cognition, and communication. She argues that new kinds of embodiment should not make acquiring the status of the person impossible, and different kinds of embodiments may be accepted socially and culturally. She proposes we consider ethical problems of agency and responsibility, critically approaching vitalist posthuman ethics, and rethinking the metaphysical standing of normativity, to create space for possible cyborgean ethics that may be executed in an Extended Republic of Humanity.
Argues for an evolutionary continuity between human persons and cyborg persons
Aims to reclaim the term 'cyborg,' arguing that the metaphorical usage fails to pick up on technologically driven changes in human embodiment
Proposes we create space for the possibility of cyborgean ethics
