Page 130. On Dialectical Justification of Group Beliefs RAUL HAKLI Abstract Epistemic justificati... more Page 130. On Dialectical Justification of Group Beliefs RAUL HAKLI Abstract Epistemic justification of non-summative group beliefs is studied in this paper. ... It is not clear even to myself whether I believe that the lines are of equal length or not. ...
This anthology is a response to the challenge that social robotics presents for our traditional c... more This anthology is a response to the challenge that social robotics presents for our traditional conceptions of social interaction, which presuppose such essential capacities as consciousness, intentionality, agency, and normative understanding. The book presents eleven philosophical investigations into our future relations with “social” robots – robots that are specially designed to engage and connect with human beings. It features cutting edge research in philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, and robotics that examines in which sense such robots can be said to be “social” and how human social relations will change when we interact with robots at work and at home. Connecting research in social robotics and empirical studies in Human-Robot Interaction to recent debates in social ontology, social cognition, as well as ethics and philosophy of technology, the authors address all topics that are currently at the forefront of discussion. They offer a taxonomy for the classification ...
Abstract. We describe the design and implementation of a declarative database query language for ... more Abstract. We describe the design and implementation of a declarative database query language for manipulating character strings. The lan-guage can be used to create logical predicates expressing structural prop-erties of strings and relations between several strings. The predicates can ...
The aim of this paper is to present a philosophically inspired list of minimal requirements for s... more The aim of this paper is to present a philosophically inspired list of minimal requirements for social agency that may serve as a guideline for social robotics. Such a list does not aim at detailing the cognitive processes behind sociality but at providing an implementation-free characterization of the capacities and skills associated with sociality. We employ the notion of intentional stance as a methodological ground to study intentional agency and extend it into a social stance that takes into account social features of behavior. We discuss the basic requirements of sociality and different ways to understand them, and suggest some potential benefits of understanding them in an instrumentalist way in the context of social robotics.
Department of Computer Science Series of Publications CR Report C-2011-1, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2011
We propose a dialogue protocol for situations in which an agent makes to another agent an asser-t... more We propose a dialogue protocol for situations in which an agent makes to another agent an asser-tion that the other agent finds impossible to believe. In this interaction, unbelievable assertions are rejected using explanations formed by logical interpolation and new assertions are being made such that all previous rebuttals are taken into account.
We study whether humans and technological artifacts, such as robots, can form hybrid agents that ... more We study whether humans and technological artifacts, such as robots, can form hybrid agents that would be fit to be held morally responsible for their actions. We give an argument against such a possibility and criticize several arguments that defend this possibility. We identify three argument forms that have been employed to argue for shared responsibility between humans and machines: (1) Argument from gradual properties, (2) Argument from responsibility gaps, and (3) Argument from extended agency. We analyse these arguments and aim to show that they are
Page 130. On Dialectical Justification of Group Beliefs RAUL HAKLI Abstract Epistemic justificati... more Page 130. On Dialectical Justification of Group Beliefs RAUL HAKLI Abstract Epistemic justification of non-summative group beliefs is studied in this paper. ... It is not clear even to myself whether I believe that the lines are of equal length or not. ...
This anthology is a response to the challenge that social robotics presents for our traditional c... more This anthology is a response to the challenge that social robotics presents for our traditional conceptions of social interaction, which presuppose such essential capacities as consciousness, intentionality, agency, and normative understanding. The book presents eleven philosophical investigations into our future relations with “social” robots – robots that are specially designed to engage and connect with human beings. It features cutting edge research in philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, and robotics that examines in which sense such robots can be said to be “social” and how human social relations will change when we interact with robots at work and at home. Connecting research in social robotics and empirical studies in Human-Robot Interaction to recent debates in social ontology, social cognition, as well as ethics and philosophy of technology, the authors address all topics that are currently at the forefront of discussion. They offer a taxonomy for the classification ...
Abstract. We describe the design and implementation of a declarative database query language for ... more Abstract. We describe the design and implementation of a declarative database query language for manipulating character strings. The lan-guage can be used to create logical predicates expressing structural prop-erties of strings and relations between several strings. The predicates can ...
The aim of this paper is to present a philosophically inspired list of minimal requirements for s... more The aim of this paper is to present a philosophically inspired list of minimal requirements for social agency that may serve as a guideline for social robotics. Such a list does not aim at detailing the cognitive processes behind sociality but at providing an implementation-free characterization of the capacities and skills associated with sociality. We employ the notion of intentional stance as a methodological ground to study intentional agency and extend it into a social stance that takes into account social features of behavior. We discuss the basic requirements of sociality and different ways to understand them, and suggest some potential benefits of understanding them in an instrumentalist way in the context of social robotics.
Department of Computer Science Series of Publications CR Report C-2011-1, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2011
We propose a dialogue protocol for situations in which an agent makes to another agent an asser-t... more We propose a dialogue protocol for situations in which an agent makes to another agent an asser-tion that the other agent finds impossible to believe. In this interaction, unbelievable assertions are rejected using explanations formed by logical interpolation and new assertions are being made such that all previous rebuttals are taken into account.
We study whether humans and technological artifacts, such as robots, can form hybrid agents that ... more We study whether humans and technological artifacts, such as robots, can form hybrid agents that would be fit to be held morally responsible for their actions. We give an argument against such a possibility and criticize several arguments that defend this possibility. We identify three argument forms that have been employed to argue for shared responsibility between humans and machines: (1) Argument from gradual properties, (2) Argument from responsibility gaps, and (3) Argument from extended agency. We analyse these arguments and aim to show that they are
The robotics industry is growing rapidly, and to a large extent the development of this market se... more The robotics industry is growing rapidly, and to a large extent the development of this market sector is due to the area of social robotics—the production of robots that are designed to enter the space of human social interaction, both physically and semantically. Since social robots present a new type of social agent, they have been aptly classified as a disruptive technology, i.e. the sort of technology which affects the core of our current social practices and might lead to profound cultural and social change.
Due to its disruptive and innovative potential, social robotics raises not only questions about utility, ethics, and legal aspects, but calls for “robo-philosophy”—the comprehensive philosophical reflection from the perspectives of all philosophical disciplines. This book presents the proceedings of the first conference in this new area, “Robo-Philosophy 2014 – Sociable Robots and the Future of Social Relations, held in Aarhus, Denmark, in August 2014. The short papers and abstracts collected here address questions of social robotics from the perspectives of philosophy of mind, social ontology, ethics, meta-ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, intercultural philosophy, and metaphilosophy.
Social robotics is still in its early stages, but it is precisely now that we need to reflect its possible cultural repercussions. This book is accessible to a wide readership and will be of interest to everyone involved in the development and use of social robotics applications, from social roboticists to policy makers.
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Due to its disruptive and innovative potential, social robotics raises not only questions about utility, ethics, and legal aspects, but calls for “robo-philosophy”—the comprehensive philosophical reflection from the perspectives of all philosophical disciplines. This book presents the proceedings of the first conference in this new area, “Robo-Philosophy 2014 – Sociable Robots and the Future of Social Relations, held in Aarhus, Denmark, in August 2014. The short papers and abstracts collected here address questions of social robotics from the perspectives of philosophy of mind, social ontology, ethics, meta-ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, intercultural philosophy, and metaphilosophy.
Social robotics is still in its early stages, but it is precisely now that we need to reflect its possible cultural repercussions. This book is accessible to a wide readership and will be of interest to everyone involved in the development and use of social robotics applications, from social roboticists to policy makers.