transhumanism
Beyond biological limits
Transhumanism is a philosophical movement advocating the use of technology to enhance human capabilities beyond normal biological limits—extending lifespan, augmenting intelligence, or merging with machines.
Adherents believe humanity can and should transcend its current physical and cognitive constraints: Transhumanism raises questions about what it means to be human.
The movement intersects with debates about artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and cybernetics.
Communication and control science
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
- bionicsNature-inspired technology design
- neuroprostheticsNerve-interfacing medical technology
exoskeleton · biohacking · genetic engineering · CRISPR · brain-computer interface · cochlear implant · enhancement · nanotechnology
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
- Silicon ValleyBay Area tech corridor
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
Philosophy questioning anthropocentric boundaries
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
personal identity · consciousness · mind-body problem · dualism · physicalism · perfectibility · progress · utopianism
Moral philosophy for medicine
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- accessibilityEase of approach
regulation · playing God · hubris · identity · authenticity · bodily autonomy · informed consent · unintended consequences
Hypothetical beyond-human cognition
- exponential growthQuantity multiplying proportionally over time
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
- posthumanBeyond human limitations
cybernetics
Communication and control science
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
- bionicsNature-inspired technology design
neuroprosthetics · exoskeleton · biohacking · genetic engineering · CRISPR · brain-computer interface · cochlear implant · enhancement · nanotechnology · life extension
futurism
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
- Silicon ValleyBay Area tech corridor
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
posthumanism
Philosophy questioning anthropocentric boundaries
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
functionalism · personal identity · consciousness · mind-body problem · dualism · physicalism · perfectibility · progress · utopianism · existential risk
bioethics
Moral philosophy for medicine
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
accessibility · regulation · playing God · hubris · identity · authenticity · bodily autonomy · informed consent · unintended consequences · dual-use
superintelligence
Hypothetical beyond-human cognition
- exponential growthQuantity multiplying proportionally over time
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
- speculative fictionsci-fi, science fiction, dystopia, fantasy, futurism
- immortalityimmortality, eternal life, immortals, everlasting life, deathlessness
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- AI conceptsneural network, artificial general intelligence, neural net, superintelligence, CNN
- philosophiesempiricism, stoicism, nihilism, idealism, materialism
transhumanismLuddism
Opposition to new technology
naturalism · primitivism · human exceptionalism · anthropocentrism · humanism
transhumanismnaturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
natural order · finitude · stoicism · memento mori · fatalism
transhumanismhumanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
essentialism · classical humanism · human exceptionalism · creationism · vitalism