Heaven on Earth: The Mind Uploading Project as Secular Eschatology

Gaitán, Leandro

doi:10.1080/14746700.2019.1632554

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“…Theologians critiquing this position, such as Brent Waters (2011), Leandro Gaitán (2019), and Jason Eberl (2022), typically employ a strategy whose first step is to point out that these secular eschatologies rest on mind-body structures handed down to them through the Western-Christian tradition (i.e., that the true, inner person is a separate thing from the body, and that this disembodied essence needs saving from the finite and corruptible flesh). Only, and this is usually the second step, this dualistic premise underlining the whole project smacks of heretical ideas, beginning with Manichean loathing of the body, Gnostic privileged wisdom, or Pelagian belief in self-perfection (Waters 2010).…”

Section: The Body In Theological Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Responsive Bodies: Robots, Ai, and the Question of Human Distinctiveness

Balle¹,

Nissen²

2023

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In this article, we argue two points in relation to the challenge to human distinctiveness emerging as artificial intelligence systems and humanlike robots simulate various human capabilities. First, that, in the context of theological anthropology, it is advisable to respond to this challenge by turning toward the human body. Second, following this point, we propose the responsive body hypothesis, suggesting that what makes us distinct from androids are capacities that rise from and depend on our responsive bodies.

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Section: The Body In Theological Responsesmentioning

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Responsive Bodies: Robots, Ai, and the Question of Human Distinctiveness

Balle¹,

Nissen²

2023

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“…While it is not easy to set the limits of morality or pronounce what moral wrong is, it appears that-as Newton's story shows-the experience of suffering or misery, and especially misery of the most vulnerable, may serve as a "boundary stone." Limitations-not only physical, but also and above all moral-are statements about man, since they express our fundamental finiteness, fragility and fallibility (Gaitán 2019;Szopa 2021).…”

Section: Forgiveness and Theologymentioning

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Forgiveness and the Naturalistic Approach to Religion: A Contextual View of the Problem of Evil

Oleksowicz

Huzarek

2021

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Cognitive Science of Religion and evolutionary approaches in the study of religion have opened the rapidly developing field of naturalistic explanation of religion. Since its inception, this empirically driven project has undergone a slow evolution, giving rise to the view that explaining religion is not a matter of accounting for a single (cognitive or functional) trait, but rather involves explaining a very complex repertoire of patterns of thinking and behavior. In this paper, we would like to provide a philosophical analysis of the highly complex problem of forgiveness from the Christian religious and naturalistic perspectives. Our analysis demonstrates a crucial way to understand the concepts of guilt, forgiveness and reconciliation as discussed in the context of Christian theology. At the same time, we also discuss certain strengths and weaknesses of the naturalistic accounts. Finally, we formulate some suggestions for advancing the science–religion dialogue on the problem of evil.

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“…11For readers who may not be following this literature closely, a representative sample of articles (published just within the past five years) should provide some indication of the marked interest in these topics: Anderson (2019); Benders (2018); Cannon (2015); Cole‐Turner (2015; 2018); Cruz (2015); Dumsday (2017); Fullam (2018); Gaitán (2019); Gallaher (2019); Gocke (2017); Gouw (2018; 2019); Green (2015; 2016; 2018); Ham (2016); Herzfeld (2016); Jong (2018); Jung (2019); Kellogg (2015); Kostick, Fowler and Scott (2019); LaTorra (2015); Lorrimar (2019); Mercer (2015); Miletić (2015); Molhoek (2016; 2018); Peters (2015; 2018; 2019); Singler (2019); Tirosh‐Samuelson (2018); Walker (2018); Weissenbacher (2018); Willows (2017); and Woloschak (2018). …”

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Sergius Bulgakov's Critique of N. F. Fedorov's Technologized Resurrection (And Why It Still Matters for the Christian Dialogue With Transhumanism)

Dumsday¹

2020

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Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944) was one of the centrally important Russian Orthodox theologians of the past century. His theological system (Sophiology) is among the most detailed and comprehensive attempts at a novel, Orthodox systematic theology developed in engagement with western philosophical and theological movements. His first major work of theology, Unfading Light (1917), incorporates an early Orthodox critique of the radical Christian transhumanism propounded by Nikolai Fedorovich Fedorov (1829-1903). Fedorov had developed an account of humanity's prospects for a technologically facilitated eschatology. The goals of this article are: (1) to provide a concise summary Fedorov's ideas on technologized resurrection; (2) to provide an overview of Bulgakov's sympathetic critique of Fedorov's model; and (3) to discuss the ongoing relevance of that critique vis-à-vis current and future Christian dialogue with the transhumanist movement.

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Heaven on Earth: The Mind Uploading Project as Secular Eschatology

Cited by 6 publications

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Responsive Bodies: Robots, Ai, and the Question of Human Distinctiveness

Responsive Bodies: Robots, Ai, and the Question of Human Distinctiveness

Forgiveness and the Naturalistic Approach to Religion: A Contextual View of the Problem of Evil

Sergius Bulgakov's Critique of N. F. Fedorov's Technologized Resurrection (And Why It Still Matters for the Christian Dialogue With Transhumanism)

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