May 2009
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592 pages
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A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology
by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis, Stig Andur Pedersen, Vincent F. Hendricks
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Bostrom, N. (2002a). Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (New York: Routledge).
Bostrom, N. (2002b). “Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards,” Journal of Evolution and Technology, 9.
Bostrom, N. (2003a). “Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?,” Philosophical Quarterly, 53 (211): 243–55.
Bostrom, N. (2003b). The Transhumanist FAQ: v 2.1. World Transhumanist Association. Available from http://transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/faq/
Bostrom, N. (2005). “The Future of Human Evolution,” in C. Tandy (ed.), Death and Anti-Death (Palo Alto, Calif.: Ria University Press).
Bostrom, N. (2007). “What Is a Singleton?,” Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, forthcoming.
Bostrom, N. and Ord, T. (2006). “The Reversal Test: Eliminating Status Quo Bias in Bioethics,” Ethics, 116 (4): 656–80.
Bostrom, N. and Sandberg, A. (2007). “Cognitive Enhancement: Methods, Ethics, Regulatory Challenges,” Science and Engineering Ethics, forthcoming.
Brin, D. (1998). The Transparent Society (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley).
Drexler, K. E. (1985). Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (London: Fourth Estate).
Ehrlich, P. R. (1968). The Population Bomb (New York: Ballantine Books).
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