July 13 @ 8:00 am - July 14 @ 5:00 pm
An International and Interdisciplinary ConferenceJuly, 13/14th 2022Groer Senat, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, Tbingen
We are interested in the intellectual mindset of todays post-human cyberculture which concerns the human being, society, technology and politics. Historically, the rise of this way of thinking is rooted in the emerging technological hub of Silicon Valley with its spread of disruptive technologies in the beginning of the 21st century. Since then, this Silicon Valley metaphysics also unfolded outside the Californian hi-tech industries and gained adherents all over the world.
For our conference What is left of being human? On the Anthropology of Trans- and Posthumanism we are interested in the co-evolution of human and technological development which is one central pillar of the post-human cyberculture. In this regard, we posit the presence of the following three conceptual aspects: There is firstly a libertarian individualism which stresses self-ownership and the exclusive control of ones choices, actions, and body, indedependent of societal contexts. There is secondly a technological optimism suggesting that all human deficiencies can be overcome by continual technical innovations. The justification for this technological optimism is eventually grounded in an utopian pragmatism: Tecnological growth will allow the removal of the diagnosed deficiencies and human fallibility all together.
For all of these three aspects trans- and posthumanist thinking plays an integral role. In this conference we invite both proponents and critics of trans- and posthumanism. Together we aim to unveil its (metaphysical) assumptions and want to shed light on the transhumanist idea of human being from a scientific, philosophical and religious point of view.
The rest is here:
What Is Left Of Being Human? On the Anthropology of Trans- and Posthumanism - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
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