[ExI] NEWS: Transhumanism Answers Critics - Feb 6 2009 Issue

[John Grigg]

I am very pleased to see they allowed transhumanist intellectuals to defend
their beliefs on the Global Spiral website.  But I would also like to see at
least several of these same transhumanist writers at the next ASU held
"Facing the Challenges of Transhumanism: Religion, Science and Technology"
Conference/Workshop.  A previous one I attended did not have proper
transhumanist representation.

http://transhumanism.asu.edu/index.php

John Grigg

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Natasha Vita-More <natasha at natasha.cc>wrote:

>  *The Global Spiral *Special Issue:  "Transhumanism Answers Critics"
> http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/Default.aspx
>
> "In *The Global Spiral's* 2008 "Special Issue on Transhumanism", Guest
> Editor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and five other authors, Ted Peters, Katherine
> Hayles, Don Ihde, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, and Andrew Pickering, provocatively
> relay their concerns about transhumanism to expectant ears. This responsive
> second Special Issue on Transhumanism is an opportunity for ten
> transhumanist authors to evaluate the criticisms and address concerns.  This
> reflection is beneficial in helping us more precisely clarify
> interpretations of transhumanism and identify where our own words may have
> been mistaken.
>
> "The philosophical worldview and social movement of transhumanism has the
> benefit of existing while many of its pioneers are still living. This makes
> it more accommodating for those unfamiliar with transhumanism to investigate
> and argue its tenets with the most recent writings at hand. Rather than
> searching endless databases for bibliographical references and out-of-print
> books in gathering evidence of who did what, when, and where, researchers
> can easily locate people though Google and send an email or make a call.
> Why the authors of the "Special Issue on Transhumanism" in *The Global
> Spiral* did not do this is a curiosity. Nonetheless, their six essays
> present a much appreciated opportunity for developing discourse on
> transhumanism."
>
> Natasha Vita-More
> Guest Editor *The Global Spiral
> *http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/Default.aspx
> **
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