Whose Survival? A Critical Engagement with the Notion of Existential Risk

This paper provides a critique of Bostrom’s concern with existential risks, a critique which relies on Adorno and Horkheimer’s interpretation of the Enlightenment. Their interpretation is used to elicit the inner contradictions of transhumanist thought and to show the invalid premises on which it is...

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Main Author: Philip Højme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika 2019-09-01
Series:Scientia et Fides
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Online Access:https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/SetF/article/view/19866