Francisco Soler Gil – författare

Are the phenomena of physics discovered or rather constructed? If physical phenomena are to be understood as constructions, then physics is nothing more than useful fiction, lacking relevance for the characterisation of such a thing as «real» nature. This book puts forward two theses: First, that astroparticle physics is a very appropriate field for examining this issue; and second, that scientific research would unfold differently, depending on whether such research follows a realistic or a constructivist dynamics. In addition to the presentation of the key elements of astroparticle physics and the summary of evidence for the evaluation of the realistic and social constructivist positions at the present state of this discipline, this book provides some specific examples of research developments that will evolve in different ways in the near future, depending on whether astroparticle physicists pursue their research in the sense of realism or in the sense of social constructivism.

Segun algunos estudiosos, la confrontacion entre bioconservadores y transhumanistas presidira todo el debate politico e ideologico en lo que queda de siglo XXI. Pocas veces se ha planteado un debate de parecido alcance, ya que se trata nada menos que de llegar a una decision sobre la propia identidad de la especie humana, sobre lo que el futuro le deparara y sobre la posibilidad de incidir en su eventual transformacion, sin excluir la contingencia de que desaparezca para dar paso a una posthumanidad todavia por definir. En este libro se examinan y discuten las posiciones de una seleccion de los mas distinguidos promotores y criticos de la perspectiva transhumanista.