Rivista di Estetica 90

Human Beings. By Nature or by Technology?

AA.VV., Elena Casetta, Vera Tripodi

• Publisher: Rosenberg & Sellier
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9791259934406
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Aesthetics in Philosophy

What, if anything, distinguishes Homo sapiens? Philosophy has offered many answers, including consciousness, language, and rational or symbolic thought. Recently, however, increasing attention has turned to the uniquely human relationship with technology, especially in light of the profound transformations brought about by the Web and artificial intelligence. While humans are not the only beings capable of using tools, in humans technical abilities reach an unparalleled level of sophistication, speed of development, and cumulative complexity.
As Maurizio Ferraris argues in Dochumanity, the most decisive revolutions in history are technological ones, reflecting the fact that human beings are fundamentally defined by their relationship with technology. From this perspective, technology is not merely an external aid but a constitutive feature of humanity. On this basis, this issue of Rivista di Estetica explores the deep connections between humans and technology, as well as the evolving relationship between natural and artificial intelligence.

Table of contents

• Elena Casetta e Vera Tripodi - CHE COSA SIGNIFICA ESSERE UMANINELL’ERA DELLA TECNOLOGIA? UN’INTRODUZIONE
• Simona Chiodo - HUMAN BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY (YET, MYSELF BECAUSEOF ME)
• Pio Colonnello - HOW CAN AI HELP US? TECNOLOGIA E DESTINO:DALLA METAFISICA ALLA RIVOLUZIONE DIGITALE
• Germana Pareti - THE MEMORY, THE POCKET BOOK, AND THE HARD CORE OFTHE CONSCIOUSNESS
• Emilio Carlo Corriero - DA HOMO TECHNOLOGICUS A HOMO NATURANS? NIETZSCHEE IL FUTURO DELL’ETICA
• Gianmaria Ajani - L’IMBARAZZO DEL DIRITTO FRA IMMAGINI ANALOGICHE EIMMAGINI DIGITALI E ALCUNE ESORTAZIONI PER SUPERARLO
• Melanie Erspamer - TECNOLOGIA E CAPITALE NEL LAVORO DI MAURIZIOFERRARIS. AL DI LÀ DELLA METAFISICA QUANTITATIVA
• Riccardo Fedriga - CHE IL TESTO FACCIA CORPO CON LA CARTA STESSA
• Davide Dal Sasso - DELLE AFFEZIONI DELL’ANIMA: L’ORGANIZZAZIONE UMANAE I NOSTRI TENTATIVI DI FARE ORDINE
• Alessandro Zennaro, Lorenzo Brienza, Agata Maria Claudia Andò - DALLA SELCE AL DIGITALE. TRAIETTORIE FILOGENETICHE EONTOGENETICHE DELLA MENTE TECNICO-SIMBOLICA
• Francesco Erspamer - L’INTELLIGENZA CONDIVISA DELLE DISCIPLINEUMANISTICHE
• Filippo Santoni de Sio - BREVE STORIA ROMANZATA DELLA FILOSOFIA DELLATECNOLOGIA
• Maurizio Ferraris, Tania Cerquitelli, Michele PetrocelliWEBFARE FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING