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Organizations
Here you will find annotated links to philosophical
organizations, philosophy societies, philosophy associations, and other
philosophy related interest groups.
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"... Wiener Gesellschaft, um der
unvermeidlichen Orthaftigkeit der Ortlosigkeit unseres
Unterfangens Ausdruck zu verleihen - um es mit Mall zu sagen -,
also um den Ort zu nennen, an dem die Fäden, wenn schon nicht
zusammen- (es ist ja kein zentralistisches Gespinst sondern ein
dezentrales Gewebe), so doch durch-laufen."
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Transhumanism advocates the use of technology to
overcome our biological limitations and transform the human
condition. At the present time or in the near future, human
capabilities will be extended through such means as genetic
engineering, memory-enhancing drugs, collaborative
information-filtering, smart agents, intelligence amplification,
wearable computers, and the Internet. In the slightly longer term,
the accelerating pace of technological development opens up such
revolutionary prospects as superhuman artificial intelligence and
molecular nanotechnology. The consequences of these developments
may include: the abolition of disease; the elimination of aging;
the enrichment of our reward-centers so we enjoy a wider diversity
of emotions, exhilarating peak experiences and life-long
well-being; and perhaps the gradual replacement of human bodies
with synthetic enhancements. Or by contrast, it could mean that
intelligent life goes extinct, maybe as the result of an
accidental or deliberate misuse of powerful weapons technologies
such as self-replicating nanomachine viruses. These are extreme
possibilities. Yet they are taken seriously by an increasing
number of scientists and scientifically-literate philosophers.
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Spanish philosopher Xavier Zubiri (1898-1983) is
one of the most profound thinkers of the 20th century. Solidly
grounded in the history of philosophy, theology, linguistics,
modern science, and the foundations of mathematics, Zubiri speaks
to the present but even more to the future. Working closely with
the Fundación Xavier Zubiri in Madrid, the Foundation seeks to
make his work more widely known in North America. The Foundation
also works in cooperation with Zubiri scholars in other countries.
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