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Details for Dr Sylvie Allouche
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| Name | Dr Sylvie Allouche | ||
| Job title | Research Fellow in Social and Community Medicine |
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| Department | School of Social and Community Medicine University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | PhD (Paris I), MD (Paris I), MD (Paris IV), BD (Paris IV), BD (Paris IV) | ||
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| Membership of professional bodies | - Center for Ethics in Medicine (CEM), University of Bristol. - Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): IHPST (CNRS, ENS, Paris 1) - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Littératures de l'Imaginaire (CERLI, France) |
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| Keywords | bioethics cyborg enhancement ethics philosophy science fiction simulation transhumanism |
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| Areas of expertise | My initial work consisted of analysing the way ethical and other philosophical questions raised by human enhancement are addressed in science fiction, mainly in literature. From there, I have developed an expertise in three directions: 1. Other philosophical questions dealt with in science fiction: aliens, simulations like The Matrix, animals, cyborgs, Japanese manga, artificial intelligence, robots, etc. 2. The relationship between fiction and philosophy in general, in cinema and series more specifically. 3. The philosophical debate on human enhancement, posthumanism, transhumanism, etc, in France and in the UK. More generally, my goal is to develop a philosophical practice more faithful to its Socratic origins: more dialogical, more collaborative, more creative, more in tune with contemporary issues, more accessible, more playful. |
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| Media experience | - 2 radio interviews (France Culture) - About 12 recordings of conferences or participations in round tables available on the internet (in French) - About 5 papers in popular science magazines (in French) |
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