The Dreams of Immortality beget Machines
Authors
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Ricardo Andrade
Uiversidad de Buenos Aires
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-0809
Abstract
The consciousness of death determines our projection towards the world. This determination is what allows us to think symbolically about existence, that is, it creates conceptual architectures that open towards the future from what has already been lived. The finitude, as a result of this, becomes the central axis of the subject. Faced with this awareness, transhumanism postulates an overcoming of limits through technology. Technology impulse dreams of immortality. In this sense, this article seeks to delve into the debate between the philosophies of finitude and human improvement projects.Keywords:
Transhumanism; Cyberprometheus; Philosophy of technology; Philosophy of finitude; Speculative realismReferences
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