Sebastian Knell
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Sebastian Knell

Sebastian Knell, born in 1966, studied philosophy, psychology and literary studies in Frankfurt/Main and Pittsburgh. From 2011 until 2010, he was a research associate at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Since 2011, he has been working at the Department for Science and Ethics at the University of Bonn.

Sebastian Knell, born in 1966, studied philosophy, psychology and literary studies in Frankfurt/Main and Pittsburgh. From 2011 until 2010, he was a research associate at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Since 2011, he has been working at the Department for Science and Ethics at the University of Bonn.


PUBLICATIONS

Conquering Time
Year of Publication: 2015
Sebastian KnellYear of Publication: 2015
Biologists have been tracing the mechanisms of ageing for a long time, and some of them claim that, in the future, science will enable us to slow down ageing processes and thus increase the human life span considerably, maybe even to the point of biological immortality.


But would a significantly longer life be a victory? Or would we age mentally, despite permanent physical fitness?...