Human nature from the perspective of science: a transhumanist response to Elena Postigo

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https://doi.org/10.21142/DES-1703-2025-0065

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bioethics, , materialism, human enhancement, human nature, transhumanism

Abstract

In the article «Bioethics and transhumanism from the perspective of human nature», bioethicist Elena Postigo Solana presented an objection to the vision of human nature proposed by transhumanist philosophy. This objection was based on personalism, a philosophical framework according to which human nature is considered as dual, both physical and non-corporeal. This paper offers a response to Postigo's objection from a scientific philosophical framework, that is, from a perspective in continuous communication with the available scientific evidence. It is concluded that the idea of human nature developed by Postigo lacks empirical support, making the concept of human nature an empty one and typical of pseudosecular argumentation. Therefore, it is recommended to avoid the use of the concept of human nature in the bioethical discussion.

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  • Piero Gayozzo, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú

    Estudiante de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Director ejecutivo de la Sociedad Secular Humanista del Perú. Miembro del PSEUDO-Lab, grupo de investigación sobre psicología social y radicalismos, y de la Asociación Peruana de Periodistas y Comunicadores de la Ciencia (AP Ciencia). Escribe sobre filosofía en la revista Pensar del Center for Inquiry (Nueva York) para Latinoamérica y es columnista en el diario El Progreso. Su investigación y publicaciones abordan temas como fascismo, mejoramiento humano (eugenesia), epistemología y la Cuarta Revolución Industrial.

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2025-08-29

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Human nature from the perspective of science: a transhumanist response to Elena Postigo. (2025). Desde El Sur, 17(3), e0065. https://doi.org/10.21142/DES-1703-2025-0065

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