METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE CONCEPTS OF CYBORGIZATION AND CYBORG: AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
Oleg Nikolaevich Gurov
State Academic University for the Humanities (GAUGN), Moscow, Russia
Keywords: cyborgization, cyborg, integrative methodology, posthumanism, anthropotechnical subject, cyborgian eclecticism, ethics of technology, agro-cyborg, transformation of experience
Abstract
The article presents the phenomenon of cyborgization as a complex interweaving of technological and human practices. It is shown that the roots of cyborgization lie in ancient myths and prosthetic practices. Using examples from history and contemporary cases, the author argues that the expansion of capabilities through external devices alters ontological and epistemological frameworks: a synergistic effect arises, and subjective experience and cognition are transformed. Comprehending cyborgization within the framework of optimistic transhumanist discourse, technology critique, descriptions of hypothetical models such as the agro-cyborg, and the concepts of the anti-cyborg and “reverse cyborg” makes it possible to identify both the risks and potential of cyborg technologies. The author develops an integrative approach, that is, cyborgian eclecticism based on the interweaving of various theories and methodologies and the reflexive revision of priorities as new data emerges. This approach enables the development of recommendations for the integration of technologies into social processes in a way that promotes the protection of human values and takes into account the variability of the socio-technical context. Cyborgization thus appears not simply as a modification of the body and/or consciousness, but as a transformation of modes of being that requires philosophical understanding and flexible ethical guidelines.,
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