graduate student
Russian Federation
UDC 129
The relevance of the topic is due to some categorial confusion between the concepts of “transhumanism” and “posthumanism”, as well as the importance of understanding the ontological vector of development of the ideas that came after humanism of the classical period. The author compares the philosophical concepts of transhumanism and posthumanism in terms of their historical origin, content, main subject, focus of attention, attitude to anthropocentrism, human, technology and their symbiosis. Based on the comparison results, the author has concluded which philosophical concepts of the two under consideration could level the threats of the digital world and become the basis of the co-evolution of man and technology.
humanism, transhumanism, posthumanism, digitalization, digital humanism
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