The Psycho-Bio-Physical Nature of Man, Possibility and Technology of Their Extended Mind
Javier Monserrat
Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica July 20, 2022 DOI: 10.14422/pen.v78.i298.y2022.007 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Human nature Psycho-bio-physical evolution Classical mind Quantum mind Neural networks Mind extension External networks Computing Transhumanism Simulation Ontological identity Functional identity Extensive humanism |
| Key points | Argues that the "extension of the mind," opened during evolution and accelerated by human intervention, has not changed human nature, so there is no justification for speaking of transhumanism or a "transhuman" arising at the Singularity; the author proposes continuing to speak of an "extensive humanism." |
Abstract
The facts and inferences exposed in this writing, and the arguments that support it, allow us to conclude that the «extension of the mind», opened during the evolutionary process, since always and today accelerated by the work of human intervention, in no case authorizes us to consider that the «extension of mind» has changed human nature, as we have always known it. Therefore, there is no justification to speak of transhumanism, as if a new man, a «transhuman», had appeared at the moment of the Singularity, whose nature had undergone substantial changes in relation to the usual human nature. For this reason, we consider that we should continue speaking of an «extensive humanism». No more.
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