Merleau-Ponty’s The Lived-Body and Body’s Position in Transhumanism philosophy

Karimi, Yashar; Ardalani, Hossein

Merleau-Ponty’s The Lived-Body and Body’s Position in Transhumanism philosophy

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Yashar Karimi ¹

Hossein Ardalani ²

¹ Department of philosophy of art , Faculty of Art and Architecture of Islamic Azad University Tehran Center Branch, Tehran, Iran.

² Assistant professor,department of Art and Architecture,Hamedan branch, Islamic Azad University. Iran

Abstract

The French phenomenology philosopher, Maurice Merlou-Ponty fellow of earlier phenomenology philosophers thoughts about Human Perception, said Being and living are the most important ways to understanding Universal. Merleu -Ponty used term “lived body” to explain how our body connected with nature.in Merleu -Ponty thoughts body doesn’t mean just physical body, it means whole body: physical body and Mind.His thoughts made way for next philosophers like postmodern philosophers, and Transhumanists in past years. Transhumanism is a new philosophy that talk about future of human and Art. In this philosophy biological human body combined with technology and makes humans new life. According of this philosophy, human life enhanced by new technology and Man can live for long time. This research is about Meloru ponty body’s intention and human perception. What’s his influence on artificial intelligence and future of body human, the body that not be only zero one anymore? And what’s the position of living body in Transhumanists thoughts?

Keywords

Transhumanism

Merleau-Ponty

Body

Technology

Perception

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