The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways--from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics--is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental a…
The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental…
The human body is not simply a physical, anatomical, or physiological object; in an important sense, we are our bodies. In this collection, Sartre scholars and others engage with the French philosopher's brilliant but neglected descriptions of our experience of human bodies.
The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers …
A collection of essays (the first appearing in 2001, the second and third, appearing in expanded form (the form translated here) in 2006), translated into English.