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OverviewWith the progress of artificial intelligence, the digitalization of the lifeworld, and the reduction of the mind to neuronal processes, the human being increasingly appears to be just a product of data and algorithms. That is, we conceive ourselves Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Fuchs (Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Germany)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.598kg ISBN: 9780192898197ISBN 10: 0192898191 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 23 September 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIt is a remarkable fact that humanism fell out of fashion in the last half of the 20th century, undermined not only by the rise of scientistic reductionism, but also by critical disruptions in some of the most influential European philosophical schools. in his Defence of the Human Being, Thomas Fuchs finds correcting resources in the advances made by embodied cognition. His embodied-enactive accounts rightly emphasize the relational, world- and other-oriented dynamics that constitute the human being, characterized by recognition and dignity. Faced with recent advances in AI, big data, virtualization and neuroscience, this book offers a critical re-anchoring for a truly embodied philosophical anthropology. * Shaun Gallagher, Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Excellence in Philosophy, University of Memphis * `It is a remarkable fact that humanism fell out of fashion in the last half of the 20th century, undermined not only by the rise of scientistic reductionism, but also by critical disruptions in some of the most influential European philosophical schools. in his Defence of the Human Being, Thomas Fuchs finds correcting resources in the advances made by embodied cognition. His embodied-enactive accounts rightly emphasize the relational, world- and other-oriented dynamics that constitute the human being, characterized by recognition and dignity. Faced with recent advances in AI, big data, virtualization and neuroscience, this book offers a critical re-anchoring for a truly embodied philosophical anthropology. ' Shaun Gallagher, Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Excellence in Philosophy, University of Memphis `In this original, important, and wide-ranging book, Thomas Fuchs provides a compelling critique of technologically driven, reductionist conceptions of human life. He reminds us of something fundamental to our nature, something that cannot be ignored or explained away: we are embodied, living beings, embedded in a larger social world and capable of free choice. ' Mattthew Ratcliffe, Professor of Philosophy, University of York Author InformationThomas Fuchs, MD, PhD, is Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophy and Psychiatry at Heidelberg University, Germany. His main areas of expertise include phenomenological philosophy and psychopathology as well as embodied and enactive cognitive science, with a particular emphasis on non-representational, interactive concepts of social cognition. He was Coordinator of several large national and international grants, among them the European Research Training Network Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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