Transhumanism

What does it take to be human?

25 March, 2013 Educational experiencesAlan Turing, Aristotle, Artificial intelligence, Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Human, John Locke, Philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, Transhumanism, Turing Test, United StatesAdd a Comment

Occasionally a question comes out to my mind-Are we human just because of the unique traits and attributes not shared with animal or machine? If I follow the definition of “human” , it is circular: we are human by virtue of the properties that make us human (i.e., distinct us from the animal and the machine).…