Neuromejora: de la vanguardia científica y tecnológica a las dificultades y límites planteados por la filosofía de la mente y la bioética

José Miguel Biscaia Fernández

doi:10.14422/rib.i16.y2021.003

Authors

José Miguel Biscaia Fernández Universidad Europea de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/rib.i16.y2021.003

Keywords:

neuroethics, transhumanism, philosophy of the mind, neuroscience

Abstract

The biomedical applications of neuroscience are divided into those that use evaluative techniques and those that use interventional methods. Given the bio-psycho-social reach of these technologies, a philosophical and bioethical debate seems inevitable. Thus, from the philosophy of the mind, two main areas of reflection appear: conceptual problems on reading, control and mental transference, and the ontological difficulties related to the identity of the "Homo cyborg". Conversely, applied bioethics has been interested in two fundamental issues: the difference between treatment and neuronal enhancement, and the application of classical bioethical principles to neuroenhancement. Thus, applied neuroethics is proposed as a normative area from which to evaluate the use of neurotechnology.

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