Cyborg ontology and cyborg epistemology: emerging representations of the organic link between man and nature

Abstract

This paper addresses the emergence of a new kind of ontology and epistemology, from the transformations occurred in the representations of the objects of nature and technology. These transformations are related with a shift from metaphysical or substantialistic considerations towards a relational perspective that identifies them as hybrid entities. This relational perspective guides the re-consideration of human identity as the result of multiple social and historical links with other species