Partly due to sustained and energetic promotion by transhumanist thinkers themselves … transhumanism and related topics such as human enhancement are by now widely known in academic communities that reflect on technology. For example, there is ongoing work on the… Read More ›
Bruno Latour’s Down to Earth explores the way in which global political action today embodies multiple contradictions in our relationship to land. More precisely, our relationship to that part of the Earth that comprises the crust and the atmosphere, where… Read More ›
I want you to picture Bruno Latour on a tightrope. He is way up there near the top of the big circus tent. You will need binoculars to see his face, the sweat on his straining brow. All necks are… Read More ›
Bruno Latour’s Down to Earth is, functionally, a call to rethink and re-describe our political reality in accordance with the changing forces that shape it. Latour lays out his argument in 20 brief sections, each deceptively quick to read. Section… Read More ›
Author Information: Eric Kerr, National University of Singapore, eric.kerr@nus.edu.sg. Kerr, Eric. “On Thinking With Catastrophic Times.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 8, no. 1 (2019): 46-49. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-45Q Reprinted with permission from… Read More ›
Author Information: Glen Miller, Texas A&M University, glenmiller@tamu.edu Miller, Glen. “Animal Laborans, Homo Faber, or Something Else?.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 3 (2018): 1-4. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3V5 Please refer to:… Read More ›
Author Information: Adam Riggio, McMaster University, adamriggio@gmail.com; Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, S.W.Fuller@warwick.ac.uk Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-22f Editor’s Note: This exchange first appeared on Adam Riggio’s blog “Adam Riggio writes”. On 3 April 2015, Adam and Steve Fuller discussed Steve’s latest book… Read More ›
Author Information: Mark Caine, The Breakthrough Institute, mark.e.caine@gmail.com Caine, Mark. “Social Epistemology, Environmentalism and a Proactionary Human Future: An Interview with Steve Fuller.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3, no. 11 (2014) : 106-121. The PDF of the article… Read More ›