This book argues that robots are enchanting humans (as potential intimate partners), because humans are enchanting robots (by performing magical thinking), and that these processes are a part of a significant re-enchantment of the “modern” world. As a foundation, the author examines arguments for and against intimate relationships with robots, particularly sex robots and care robots. Moreover, the book provides a consideration of human-robot interactions and philosophical reflections about robots through the lens of magic and magical thinking as well as theoretical and practical re-evaluations of their status and presence. Furthermore, the author discusses the abovementioned issues in the context of disenchantment and re-enchantment of the world, characterizing modernity as a coexistence of these two processes. The book closes with a consideration of future scenarios regarding the meaning of life in the age of rampant automation and the possibility that designing robots becomes a sort of new eugenics as a consequence of recognizing robots as persons.
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2 Robots Enchanting Humans |
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2.2 Individual Good, User Perspective, Personal Effects |
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2.2.2 Autonomy and Freedom |
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2.2.3 Positive Experiences |
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2.3 Social Good, Societal Perspective, Effects on Society |
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2.3.1 Objectification, Solipsism and Isolation |
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2.3.2 Solipsism as Imprisonment |
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2.4.2 Epistcmological and Methodological Issues |
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47 | (3) |
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3 Humans Enchanting Robots |
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3 I Magic and Magical Thinking |
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3.1.1 The Status of Magic and Magical Thinking |
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3.1.2 The Fun ctions of Magic and Magical Thinking |
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3.1.3 The Functioning of Magic and Magical Thinking |
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3.2 Magical Thinking in Interactions with Robots |
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3.3 Magical Thinking in Reflections About Robots |
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99 | (7) |
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3.4 Disenchanting Modern Rationality |
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107 | (8) |
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4 Disenchanting and Re-enchanting in Modernity |
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4.1 Disenchantment and Its Limits |
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4.2 Re-enchantment and Its Functions |
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4.3 Disenchanting Modernity |
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5 In Lieu of a Conclusion: Where Will We Go from Here? |
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5.1 Intimacy and the Meaning of Life in a World of Widespread Automation |
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144 | (3) |
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5.2 Taking Robot Rights Seriously: When Designing Becomes Eugenics |
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147 | (5) |
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Maciej Musia, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna, Poland. He is interested in transformations of intimacy, new technologies and magical thinking.
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