Introduction: The Icarus Complex and the Digital Frontier When a discussion on what the future may hold arises, surgical modification, mechanical augmentation, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, and gene splicing inevitably become focal points. Humans have been obsessed with transcending their physical forms and becoming transhuman since the dawn of ancient civilization. This drive—the desire to escape …
Section 4. Was Spencer a Social Darwinist? There has been some serious confusion regarding Spencer’s views on the poor and the less fortunate in society. As mentioned earlier, Spencer’s concept of evolution was not based on Darwinism. Although Spencer often cited Darwin’s findings, he did not necessarily come to the same conclusions. The second bit …
Spencer’s A System of Synthetic Philosophy was the primary concentration of his writing efforts starting in the 1850s. In 1858, drawing on the idea of the ‘New Reformation’ inspired by his time as an editor at the Leader, he began laying out its plan. “At the beginning of 1858, Spencer drew up a scheme for A System …
This will be the first in a series covering the Victorian age thinker and proto-social scientist Herbert Spencer. Introduction Every so often a philosopher emerges who has a long-lasting effect on the ideas and concepts of experts and common people alike. Herbert Spencer is one of those rare individuals who contributed groundbreaking ideas during his …
Much of Boethius' work The Consolation of Philosophy speaks of luck, or Fortuna. However, as The Consolation of Philosophy continues, the reader is brought to Boethius' inevitable conclusion. That it is self-examination that provides humans with lasting happiness. The Consolation of Philosophy is not necessarily a Christian work or just about suffering but, instead, the power …
Batty speaks about his experiences as if it was all a dream or as if it might as well have been a dream.
