Your Digital Afterlives: Computational Theories of Life after Death

by Astrid Ortel, Y. Nagasawa (Editor), A G Farman (Editor)

Overview

Digitalism is a philosophical strategy that uses new computational ways of thinking to develop naturalistic but meaningful ways of thinking about bodies, souls, universes, gods, and life after death. Your Digital Afterlives examines four recently developed and digitally inspired theories of life after death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137363855
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/26/2014
Series:	Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion Series
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	259
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Eric Charles Steinhart is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at William Paterson University, USA. He holds degrees in computer science and philosophy. He has worked as a software designer, and many of his algorithms have been patented. He has written extensively on Nietzsche, metaphor, computing, technology, and religion.

Table of Contents

Preface Series Editors' Preface 1. Ghosts 2. Persistence 3. Anatomy 4. Uploading 5. Promotion 6. Digital Gods 7. Revision 8. Superhuman Bodies 9. Infinite Bodies 10. Nature References Index