post-humanism
After human centrality
Post-humanism is a philosophical framework that challenges traditional assumptions about human nature, identity, and our central place in the world.
It questions boundaries between humans and other entities—animals, machines, artificial intelligence—suggesting these distinctions are less fixed than commonly assumed.
Post-humanist thought often embraces technological enhancement of human capabilities and rejects the idea that humanity represents a final or privileged stage of development.
Post-humanism asks what we become when the line between human and machine blurs.
Organic-mechanical hybrid entity
- cyberneticsCommunication and control science
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- neural interfaceSystem connecting minds to machines
- brain-computer interfaceSystem connecting mind to machine
enhancement · augmentation · prosthetics · biotechnology · genetic engineering · CRISPR · synthetic biology · biohacking
Belief prioritizing human significance
- speciesismMoral preference by organism type
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
embodiment · agency · personhood · sentience · nonhuman · decentering · critical theory · deconstruction
Point where values explode
- digital immortalityPerpetual existence via technology
- mind uploadingDigitizing a person's consciousness
- disembodimentSeparation from physical form
- transformationThorough change in form
evolution · perfectibility · liberation · boundlessness · merger · dissolution · apotheosis
Dystopian tech-noir fiction
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- speculative fictionGenre of imagined realities
- Blade RunnerOne who retires replicants
- NeuromancerCyberpunk AI antagonist
dystopia · utopia · android · replicant · biopunk · Octavia Butler · Philip K. Dick · Westworld
Proposed human-impact epoch
- multispeciesInvolving multiple species
- interspeciesBetween different species
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- GaiaPrimordial earth deity
symbiosis · entanglement · coexistence · rewilding · animal rights · ecosystem
cyborg
Organic-mechanical hybrid entity
- cyberneticsCommunication and control science
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- neural interfaceSystem connecting minds to machines
brain-computer interface · enhancement · augmentation · prosthetics · biotechnology · genetic engineering · CRISPR · synthetic biology · biohacking · uploading
anthropocentrism
Belief prioritizing human significance
- speciesismMoral preference by organism type
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
subjectivity · embodiment · agency · personhood · sentience · nonhuman · decentering · critical theory · deconstruction
singularity
Point where values explode
- digital immortalityPerpetual existence via technology
- mind uploadingDigitizing a person's consciousness
- disembodimentSeparation from physical form
transformation · evolution · perfectibility · liberation · boundlessness · merger · dissolution · apotheosis
cyberpunk
Dystopian tech-noir fiction
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- speculative fictionGenre of imagined realities
- Blade RunnerOne who retires replicants
Neuromancer · dystopia · utopia · android · replicant · biopunk · Octavia Butler · Philip K. Dick · Westworld · Ex Machina
Anthropocene
Proposed human-impact epoch
- multispeciesInvolving multiple species
- interspeciesBetween different species
- biodiversityRange of life forms
Gaia · symbiosis · entanglement · coexistence · rewilding · animal rights · ecosystem
post-humanismhumanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
classical humanism · Renaissance humanism · secular humanism · anthropocentrism · human exceptionalism
post-humanismessentialism
Doctrine of fixed natures
traditionalism · naturalism · conservatism · primitivism · vitalism