Prosthetic immortalities: biology, transhumanism, and the search for indefinite life
Auteur :
Rosenthal, Adam R
Éditeur :
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN :
9781517916589
Date de publication :
17 sept. 2024
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
425 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Rosenthal ultimately argues that the discovery of biological immortals—lifeforms that naturally have indefinitely long lifespans, such as cancer cells and bacteria—present novel conceptual difficulties for traditional philosophical approaches to mortality and selfhood, asking whether it is life itself that first births immortalizing prostheses.