Luca M. Possati, University of Porto
Maria João Couto, University of Porto
Newton Lee, Institute for Education, Research & Scholarships (USA)
Paul Jorion, Catholic University of Lille
Robert Frodeman, University of North Texas
Tiago Carvalho, University of Porto
21 October 2021
9h00 - 9h30 | Greetings and introduction
9h30 - 10h10 | Paul Jorion (Catholic University of Lille): Transhumanism and the Future of Humanity
10h10 - 10h30 | Discussion
10h30 - 11h10 Maria João Couto (University of Porto): The post-human condition. Statements on uncertainty
11h10 - 11h30 | Discussion
11h30 - 12h10 | Steven Gouveia (University of Minho): A critical analysis of the mind-uploading hypothesis
12h10 - 12h30 | Discussion
12h30 - 15h00 | Lunch Break
15h00 - 15h40 | Robert Frodeman (University of North Texas): Hyper-Modernity or Post-Modernity: On Whether More Science and Technology is a Good Idea
15h40 - 16h00 | Discussion
16h00 - 16h20 | Anna Puzio (Munich School of Philosophy): The Human Being as an Algorithm - An Examination of Transhumanism and its Anthropology
16h20 - 16h40 | Bertrand Guillaume (University of Technology of Troyes, European University of Technology): Teilhardian Thought and Charbonneau's Critique in Retrospect: A Philosophical Inquiry into Transhumanism in the Anthropocene
16h40 - 17h00 | Roman Krzanowski, Pawel Polak (Pontifical University of John Paul II): Novacene: James Lovelock's vision of Transhumanism
17h00 - 18h00 | Discussion
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22 October 2021
9h00 - 9h40 | Newton Lee (Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarship): Is Transhumanism the answer to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
9h40 - 10h00 | Discussion
10h00 - 10h40 | Luca Possati (University of Porto): Four criticisms of Transhumanism
10h40 - 11h00 | Discussion
11h00 - 11h40 | Tiago Carvalho (University of Porto): Technological Gnosticism and "Nontade" in Hermínio Martins
11h40 - 12h00 | Discussion
12h00 - 15h00 | Lunch Break
15h00 - 15h20 | Kamila Kwapinska (Centre for Critical Thought, University of Kent): The Political Agency of Robots and Technological Evolution
15h20 - 15h40 | Jaroslav Malík (University of Hradec Králové): Wrestling with the posthuman: Understanding the relationship between technology and human autonomy
15h40 - 16h00 | Cian Brennan (University of Glasgow): Moderate Enhancement: A Non-Radical Path to Radical Enhancement
16h00 - 16h20 | Discussion
Final Greetings
* Zoom link available by request at ifilosofia@letras.up.pt *
More informations here
ORGANISATION:
Luca M. Possati (IF-UP);
Paula Cristina Pereira (IF-UP)
RG Aesthetics, Politics & Knowledge (APK)
RG Philosophy and Public Space (PPS)
Instituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto - FIL/00502
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
U.Porto e Banco Santander - Programa Santander Universidades
Images: left - GNMSS by Senecal 2006, via DeviantArt; right - Abstract Digital Human Face, Maksim Tkachenko, 2019.
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