Abstract A claim made by Buddhist or Buddhism-affine scholars such as Michael LaTorra and James Hughes is that transhumanism, neuroscience, and the teachings of Buddhism are compatible because they aim to alleviate suffering and pain and attain a stable state of happiness. This claim can be challenged. At first glance, the approach seems valid, because since the 1980s there have been dialogues...
June 12, 2023Vera Borrmann, Christopher Coenen, Luisa Gerstgrasser et al.3 citations
This chapter discusses a phenomenological perspective on embodiment and its relation to human enhancement, as well as perspectives on trans- and posthumanist understandings of corporeality. The chapter first outlines the fundamental conceptual understandings of “embodiment” in philosophical and interdisciplinary research, its historical roots in Western thought, and thus enables a deeper...