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A Technological Fix for the Self? How Neurotechnologies Shape Who We Are and Whom We Love

Name / volume / issue

50493

Page number

1-3

Primary author

Felicitas Kraemer

Tag(s): Journal article

Abstract

The target articles in this volume tackle two of the most fundamental human questions: What does it mean to love another person? And what is human identity? However, they do so from a unique perspective: they analyze the extent to which neurotechnologies have an impact on our understanding of who we are and whom we love. […]

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