Heaven on Earth
The Mind Uploading Project as Secular Eschatology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5788674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leandro M Gaitán (0000-0003-1636-7029, corresponding author), Leandro Gaitán |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 403-416 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology and Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-6700 • E-ISSN: 1474-6719 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14746700.2019.1632554 |
| OpenAlex | W2950781778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This paper addresses the greatest aspiration of the transhumanist movement: achieving immortal life through a procedure known as mind uploading. This procedure consists in keeping our minds fully and indefinitely operative after death by transferring them to a non-biological substrate that allows man to be liberated from his bodily confinement. My main thesis is that the mind uploading project presupposes a secular eschatology, consummating the Promethean utopia according to which human beings could redeem themselves, expelling God definitively from their existential horizon. On this basis, the paper offers meaningful contrasts between the uploading as secular eschatology and the Christian tradition
Eschatology · Heaven · Posthumanism · Transhumanism · Upload · Utopia · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |