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Title The transhumanist reader [electronic resource] : classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology, and philosophy of the human future / edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More.

Imprint Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 460 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. I. Roots and core themes -- pt. II. Human enhancement : the somatic sphere -- pt. III. Human enhancement : the cognitive sphere -- pt. IV. Core technologies -- pt. V. Engines of life : identity and beyond death -- pt. VI. Enhanced decision-making -- pt. VII. Biopolitics and policy -- pt. VIII. Future trajectories : singularity -- pt. IX. The world's most dangerous idea.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Medical technology -- Social aspects.
Humanism -- History.
Human body (Philosophy) -- History.
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author More, Max, 1964-
Vita-More, Natasha, 1950-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781118334317 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781118334294 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781118555965 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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