Human : a history / Karolina Hubner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hübner, Karolina, author.

Series:

Oxford philosophical concepts.

Oxford philosophical concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 440 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This volume investigates what it means to be human. Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, and gods? And what are the ethical and political consequences of how we answer this question? How have our views on this changed from the times of the ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers? What do contemporary evolutionary biologists and advocates of uploading human consciousness onto computers think about it? This volume collects new essays from leading scholars in philosophy, history, and other disciplines to explore these and numerous other questions related to human nature and its significance throughout history.

Contents:

Introduction / Karolina Hübner

Plato and the Pleonectic Conception Of Human Nature / Rachana Kamtekar

Aristotle's Human Beings / Marguerite Deslauriers & Edwin Filotas

Reflection : Race and The Human / Charles W / Mills

The Status of The Human in Classical Chinese Philosophy / Franklin Perkins

The Nature of Human and Non-Human Animals in Classical Islamic Philosophy : Alfarabi And Avicenna / Luis Xavier López-Farjeat

Reflection : The Trinity and the Human / Richard Cross

Renaissance Conceptions of Human Being / Amos Edelheit

Margaret Cavendish on Human Beings / Marcy Lascano And Eric Schliesser

Spinoza on the Good Life for Humans / Ursula Renz

Hobbes and Rousseau on Human Nature and the State Of Nature / Ioannis Evrigenis

Reflection : Is Frankenstein's Creature a Human with Rights? Conceptualizing the Rights of the Child After Genetic Engineering / Eileen Hunt Botting

The Concept of Humanity in Kant's Transcendental Philosophy / Clinton Tolley

Reflection : Marx On Human Nature / Spencer J / Pack

Heidegger on Human Being : The Living Thing Having Logos / Katherine Withy

Reflection : The Compulsion of The Human / Ray Brassier

Being Human, Being Homo Sapiens / D /M / Walsh

Reflection : The Anthropomorphic Sixties and The Human / Christa Noel Robbins

The Metaphysics of Transhumanism / Eric T. Olson.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-087641-7

0-19-087639-5

0-19-087640-9