‘Being’ in the Twentieth Century: From Human to Virtual

DOI: 10.5176/2382-5650_CCS13.16

Authors: R. Douglas Francis

Abstract:

This paper examines the shift in the perspective of man from a human being to a technological being and ultimately to a virtual being through the writings of selected European philosophers and advocates of artificial intelligence.

Keywords: metaphysics, being, moral, technical, artificial intelligence, virtual