Post-Human Condition
Robert Pepperell(Author)
Intellect Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 1997
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260 pages
978-1-871516-45-6 (ISBN)
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Description
This work challenges many of the humanist assumptions of Western philosophy, science and art. It proposes a view of the human condition building on the findings of quantum theory, chaos theory, catastrophe theory, cybernetics, cyberpunk and "New Ageism", taking into account current scientific and technological developments. The author asserts that as we enter the Post Human era, many of our beliefs are redundant, most obviously the belief in the human being. Historically, the social evolution from the Agricultural era to the Industrial era was accompanied by a cultural shift from theism to humanism. The current shift from the Industrial era to the Technological era brings with it radical changes in cultural values and the impact of high technology and increasing automation is changing the way we think about ourselves and our environment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Intellect
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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ISBN-13
978-1-871516-45-6 (9781871516456)
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01/2003
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Content
Consciousness and the brain - where am I?; where does the human body end - what am I?; the futility of philosophy - the changing relationship between God, nature and humanity; why are we here? where philosophy and science meet; energy in the shape of the universe - why are there things in the world?; continuity and discontinuity; order and disorder - why are distinctions perceived?