Lincoln Cannon’s Transhumanist Argument For Faith in God

Marek Wójtowicz

doi:10.18290/rf25731.8

Published : 2025-03-31

Vol. 73 No. 1 (2025)

Lincoln Cannon’s Transhumanist Argument For Faith in God

Marek Wójtowicz

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5759-2113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf25731.8

Abstract

Transhumanists surprisingly often reflect on religious problems. Lincoln Cannon’s proposal fits into the classic issues of philosophical argumentation for the existence of God. The New God Argument starts from the belief typical of transhumanists about the reality of the transformation of humanity—thanks to technological achievements—to superhumanity. According to Cannon, belief in human evolution should lead to faith in God. The article contains a possibly precise description of the argument and its formal and material analysis. The correctness of inference (moving from premises to conclusions) and the validity of Cannon’s assumptions were verified.

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New God Argument, Lincoln Cannon, transhumanism, faith in God

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