On Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:05 PM Russell Blackford rblackford@hotmail.com
wrote:
> This brings me to a question to Max, or anyone else who knows the answer.
> Damien may also have some clues. Is there much, or any, formal
philosophical
> literature around that examines, defines and/or critiques transhumanism? I
> mean such things as articles in academic journals devoted to philosophy or
> jurisprudence. I have some familiarity with relevant web sites and
> considerable familiarity with popular books, fiction and non-fiction, that
> explore the ideas that comprise transhumanism - those are not what I mean.
> I'm not aware of what (if any) more academic work would have to be read
and
> cited if someone wanted to write about transhumanism in an academic
> philosophical context - in the sense that one must be familiar with and
> cite, say, Robert Nozick's work (and, say, G.A. Cohen's criticisms) if
> writing about libertarianism for an academic audience. Perhaps someone has
> an appropriate URL.
There are some philosophy links at
http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Cultural/Philosophy/index.html
Michelle Kamhi and Louis Torres attack Barry Vacker's seemingly transhuman
views of art in their "The Critical Neglect of Ayn Rand's Theory of Art"
(_The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies_ 2(1)). (See
http://www.aynrandstudies.com/jars/index.asp)
I've also critiqued pancritical rationalism at
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/PCR.html Even so, this is not, IMO,
central to Extropianism or transhumanism. (That and my critique is hardly
"formal.":)
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
"The Many Births of Free Verse" is now online at:
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/FreeVers.html
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