Stefan Lorenz Sorgner

Stefan Lorenz Sorgner is a metahumanist philosopher,[1][2] a Nietzsche scholar,[3][4][5] a philosopher of music[6][7] and an authority in the field of ethics of emerging technologies.[8][9][10] Currently, he teaches medical ethics at the University of Nuernberg-Erlangen. He studied philosophy at King's College/University of London (BA), the University of Durham (MA by thesis; examiners: David. E. Cooper, Durham; David Owen, Southampton), the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen and the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Dr. phil.; Examiners: Wolfgang Welsch, Jena; Gianni Vattimo, Turin).[11] Before coming to Erlangen, he taught philosophy and ethics at the Universities of Giessen, Jena and Erfurt. He is a member of several editorial and advisory boards.[12]

Nietzsche, Posthumanism and Transhumanism

In issue 20(1) of the Journal of Evolution and Technology, Sorgner's article “Nietzsche, the Overhuman, and Transhumanism” was published in which he shows that there are significant similarities between Nietzsche's concept of the overhuman and the concept of the posthuman according to the view of some transhumanists.[13] His interpretation brought about a response both among Nietzsche scholars as well as among transhumanists. Consequently the editors of the Journal of Evolution and Technology dedicated a special issue to the question concerning the relationship between transhumanism, Nietzsche and European posthumanist philosophies (posthumanism). Vol. 21 Issue 1 – January 2010 of the Journal of Evolution and Technology was entitled "Nietzsche and European Posthumanisms"[13][14] and it included responses to Sorgner's article, for example by Max More,[15] Michael Hauskeller.[16] Due to the intense debate, the editors of the journal decided to give Sorgner the chance to react to the articles.[17] In vol. 21 Issue 2 – October 2010, Sorgner replied to the various responses in his article "Beyond Humanism: Reflections on Trans- and Posthumanism".[18] In addition, herein he also put forward some aspects of his own philosophical position which was strongly influenced by his teacher Gianni Vattimo. He accepts Vattimo's pensiero debole, but criticises Vattimo's understanding of the history of the weakening of being. As an alternative, Sorgner suggests a this-worldly, naturalist interpretation of the world, which he explained in more detail in his 2010 monograph "Menschenwuerde nach Nietzsche: Die Geschichte eines Begriffs" (WBG, Darmstadt 2010).[19]

Sources

  1. ^ Francesca Ferrando (2010-11-29). ""(RE)PERFORMING THE POSTHUMAN" - Conferenza sulle Arti Postumane e sul Postumanesimo". Journal. http://uniroma3.academia.edu/FrancescaFerrando/Papers/268816/_RE_PERFORMING_THE_POSTHUMAN_-_Conferenza_sulle_Arti_Postumane_e_sul_Postumanesimo. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  2. ^ Journal Antropologia Integra (2010-11-29). "Issue 1". Anthropology Journal. http://anthrop.sci.muni.cz/UserFiles/File/AI/AI1_Komplet_maly.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  3. ^ Prof. H. James Birx in Philosophy Now (2010-11-29). "Sorgner and Nietzsche". Philosophy Now. http://www.philosophynow.org/issue29/Nietzsche_Studies_I. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  4. ^ Several Scholars (2010-11-29). "Comments on Sorgner's Nietzsche Interpretation". University of Marquette Press. http://www.marquette.edu/mupress/sorgner_nietzsche.shtml. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  5. ^ Russell Blackford (2010-11-29). "Nietzsche and European Posthumanisms". IEET. http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/print/3636/. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  6. ^ Richard-Wagner-Verband Leipzig (2010-11-29). "Wagner and the Music Drama". Richard-Wagner-Verband Leipzig. http://www.wagner-verband-leipzig.de/index.php?aktuelles,bericht2010_51. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  7. ^ University of Chicago Press (2010-11-29). "Music in German Philosophy". University of Chicago Press. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=3750659. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  8. ^ Russell Blackford (2010-11-29). "Editorial". Journal of Evolution and Technology. http://jetpress.org/v21/blackford2.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  9. ^ University of Manchester (2010-11-29). "Beyond the Body". University of Manchester. http://www.isei.manchester.ac.uk/research/conferences/beyondthebody/. Retrieved 2011-01-29. 
  10. ^ University of Bayreuth (2010-11-29). "Bayreuther Dialoge". University of Bayreuth. http://www.bayreuther-dialoge.de/Dialoge10/referenten/sorgner.htm/. Retrieved 2011-01-29. 
  11. ^ stefan lorenz sorgner (2010-11-29). "Stefan Lorenz Sorgner | Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg - Academia.edu". Uni-erlangen.academia.edu. http://uni-erlangen.academia.edu/StefanLorenzSorgner. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
  12. ^ "Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin: Stefan Lorenz Sorgner" (in German). Gesch.med.uni-erlangen.de. http://www.gesch.med.uni-erlangen.de/mitarbeiterinnen/stefan-sorgner.shtml. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
  13. ^ a b Blackford, Russel (2010). Editorial: Nietzsche and European Posthumanisms. http://jetpress.org/v21/blackford.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  14. ^ Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz (2009). Nietzsche, the Overhuman, and Transhumanism. http://jetpress.org/v20/sorgner.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  15. ^ More, Max (2010). The Overhuman in the Transhuman. http://jetpress.org/v21/more.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  16. ^ Hauskeller, Michael (2010). Nietzsche, the Overhuman and the Posthuman: A Reply to Stefan Sorgner. http://jetpress.org/v21/hauskeller.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  17. ^ Blackford, Russel (2010). Editorial. http://jetpress.org/v21/blackford2.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  18. ^ Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz (2010). Beyond Humanism: Reflections on Trans- and Posthumanism. http://jetpress.org/v21/sorgner.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  19. ^ "WBG - Shop - Menschenwürde nach Nietzsche" (in German). Wbg-wissenverbindet.de. http://www.wbg-wissenverbindet.de/WBGShop/php/Proxy.php?purl=/wbg/products/show,8533.html. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 

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