To live with the artificial or to live as the artificial?

the essential human and the art of life

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59391/inscriptions.v6i2.207

Keywords:

Homo technologicus, Homo aestheticus, Homo generator, philosophy of technology

Abstract

Human beings are at the crossroads where technology can be used to transcend the limits of nature. In our search for who we essentially are, there are two possibilities at the ends of a spectrum: one, the technologicus, a complete technological being ideated by Kevin Warwick; the other, the aestheticus, a higher liberated being implied by Goethe available in the works of Herbert Marcuse. Should we find our essential nature by being more human or blend in with technology? We show that the current trend in philosophy of technology is predictively and politically inadequate to handle this question. Interestingly, Schirmacher crosses the traditional boundary between the subject and the object, and posits the generator that is quintessentially artificial. If we are artificial at our core, is achieving the aestheticus any more significant? We weigh both the technologicus and the aestheticus with the generator, and contemplate the possibilities towards finality.

 

Author Biographies

  • Rasleen Kour, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR

    Rasleen Kour is a Ph.D. Scholar of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. Her areas of interest are Philosophy of Technology, Postphenomenology, Frugal, and Ethics.

  • Sreekumar Jayadevan , Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

    Sreekumar Jayadevan is Assistant Professor of philosophy at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. His research includes philosophy of science, critical thinking, philosophical problems about technology and existence.

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2023-07-15

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