Enchanting robots : intimacy, magic, and technology /: intimacy, magic, and technology. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maciej Musial.
• Authors: Musial, Maciej
• Contents: Chapter ​1. IntroductionChapter 2. Robots Enchanting Humans2.1 Preliminary Issues2.2 Individual Good, User Perspective, Personal Effects2.2.1 Security2.2.2 Autonomy and Freedom2.2.3 Positive Experiences2.3 Social Good, Societal Perspective, Effects on Society2.3.1 Objectification, Solipsism and Isolation2.3.2 Solipsism as Imprisonment2.4 Key Issues2.4.1 Axiological Issues2.4.2 Epistemological and Methodological Issues2.4.3 Ontological Issues2.5 Disenchanting HumansChapter 3. Humans Enchanting Robots3.1 Magic and Magical Thinking3.1.1 The Status of Magic and Magical Thinking3.1.2 The Functions of Magic and Magical Thinking3.1.3 The Functioning of Magic and Magical Thinking3.2 Magical Thinking in Interactions with Robots3.3 Magical Thinking in Reflections About Robots3.4 Disenchanting Modern RationalityChapter 4. Disenchanting and Re-enchanting in Modernity4.1 Disenchantment and its Limits4.2 Re-enchantment and its Functions4.3 Disenchanting ModernityChapter 5. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Where Will We Go from Here?5.1 Intimacy and the Meaning of Life in a World of Widespread Automation5.2 Taking Robot Rights Seriously: When Designing Becomes Eugenics5.3 Final Remark.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 303.4834; Robots -- Social aspects; Human-robot interaction -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030125790
• Related ISBNs: 9783030125783
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