O transhumanismo e a questão antropológica

• Autores: Wendell E. S. Lopes
• Localización: Revista de filosofía Aurora, ISSN-e 2965-1565, ISSN 2965-1557, Vol. 32, Nº. 55, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Transhumanismo e Inteligência Artificial), págs. 36-61
• Idioma: portugués
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Transhumanism and the anthropologicalquestion
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  • When we look at the recent quarrel about enhancement, especially the one that has been put on opposite sides bioconservatives and transhumanists, it cannot be overlooked that very naive assumptions and conceptions about man lie at the bottom of the debate. In the present study, we will try to show two theses: first of all, we will try to show that such a quarrel about enhancement is a reformulation of the quarrel that once involved alchemical art in medieval and Renaissance times –art whose impulse gave great influence to the practical and transformer ideals of science. Secondly, we will show that the current controversy over transhumanism suffers, ontologically, from problems likethose that plagued the debate about that ancient art. Finally, we will point out, however, that clarifying the ontological issues involved in such controversy does not necessarily eliminate other ethical and political issues, which certainly need further study.