Project name: VEGA 1/0563/18 The Philosophical Analysis Concerning Deletion of Borders in Contemporary Bio-Discourse
Agency: Scientific Grant Agency VEGA of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
Character of research: Basic research
Department of science and technology: Historical sciences and social sciences (philosophy, sociology, political science, theology)
Time period of the project: 2018-2021
Amount of funds acquired : 8.573 € (in year 2018)
Research institution: Department of philosophy and
applied philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in
Trnava (investigator), Institute of World Literature SAS (co-investigator)
Principal investigator: Mgr. Jana Tomašovičová, PhD. (FF UCM)
Project deputies: prof. RNDr. Peter Sýkora, PhD. (FF UCM); Mgr. Bogumiła Suwara, PhD. (ÚSL SAV)
Investigators (researches): Mgr. Tomáš Čana (FF UCM), PhD.; Mgr. Juraj Odorčák, PhD. (FF UCM); Mgr. Andrej Rozemberg, PhD. (FF UCM); PhD.; Mgr. Mária Halašková; Mgr. Milan Petkanič, PhD. (FF TRUNI); Mgr. Katarína Ihringová, PhD. (FF TRUNI); Mgr. Pavlína Bakošová (FF UCM); Mgr. Peter Takáč (FF UCM)
The dynamic development in modern bio-sciences regarding genetic modifications, human enhancement, and systematic creation of new forms of life brought various changes and far-reaching transformations of boundaries in current bio-discourse. The most distinctive phenomena of these challenges are vivid in the transgression of contemporary identification criteria, assessment standards and long-lasting interpretation frameworks. This multipurpose convergence analytically and potentially systematically exceeds the classical limits of different scientific fields and approaches. Therefore, we believe that these new challenges and discursive reconstructions require the close attention of multidisciplinary array of contemporary humanities.
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