The Superfluity of the Human

Reflections on the Posthuman Condition
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-7965-4837-6
Verlag: Schwabe Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 307 g

Reihe: Posthuman studies

The author claims that concerning the “progress” and “development” of the technoscientific mind in the application of artificial intelligence, the anthropological definition of man has become not only outdated and ineffective, but “man” has become “superfluous” for the logic of the digital age. He develops his argumentative assumptions, critically confronting numerous approaches to this problem, from Heidegger, Severino, G. Anders, Deleuze, Simondon, and Wiener. By showing how the prospects of future philosophy presuppose technological singularity and extropy, the link between posthumanism and transhumanism, the author raises the question of the possibility of thinking differently from metaphysics within the labyrinth of language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paic, Žarko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Pragmatismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Über Autor(innen)

Žarko Paic is Professor at the University of Zagreb, where he teaches courses in Aesthetics and Media Theory. His publications include White Holes and the Visualization of the Body, Art and the Technosphere and The Return of Totalitarianism.