Max More and the Philosophical Coherence of Extropian Immortalism

Abstract

This article critically analyzes Max More’s work with the aim of determining whether extropianism can be regarded as a coherent philosophy or, rather, as a immortalist ideology. Drawing on a review of his foundational texts and the successive versions of the Extropian Principles, it examines the evolution of extropian thought from its initial immortalism toward the notions of perpetual progress and technological transcendence. The article argues that, although More contributed to the consolidation of contemporary transhumanism, his proposal suffers from a lack of internal coherence and philosophical dialogue. Consequently, extropianism reveals itself as a dogmatic discourse, closer to an immortalist ideology than to a coherent philosophical reflection.