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26 produkter
Nanotechnology
Regulation and Public Discourse
Av Iris Eisenberger, Angela Kallhoff m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
518 kr
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Over the last decades, nanoscience and nanotechnology has been ascribed the potential to contribute beneficial applications in fields such as medicine, cosmetics, or environmental remediation. At the same time it is still contested whether engineered nanomaterials might be not one-sidedly “good” …
Interpreting Technology
Ricoeur on Questions Concerning Ethics and Philosophy of Technology
Av Wessel Reijers, Alberto Romele m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1711 kr
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Paul Ricœur has been one of the most influential and intellectually challenging philosophers of the last century, and his work has contributed to a vast array of fields: studies of language, of history, of ethics and politics. However, he has up until recently only had a minor impact on the …
Interpreting Technology
Ricoeur on Questions Concerning Ethics and Philosophy of Technology
Av Wessel Reijers, Alberto Romele m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
518 kr
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Paul Ricœur has been one of the most influential and intellectually challenging philosophers of the last century, and his work has contributed to a vast array of fields: studies of language, of history, of ethics and politics. However, he has up until recently only had a minor impact on the …
Problem-Solving Technologies
A User-Friendly Philosophy
Inbunden, 2022
1214 kr
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From hammers to robots, this book embarks on a comprehensive metaphysical exploration of how we should understand and study technological objects and systems. It reconstructs the metaphysics of technology and offers a unique perspective on the identification and functional classification of …
Problem-Solving Technologies
A User-Friendly Philosophy
Häftad, 2024
461 kr
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From hammers to robots, this book embarks on a comprehensive metaphysical exploration of how we should understand and study technological objects and systems. It reconstructs the metaphysics of technology and offers a unique perspective on the identification and functional classification of …
Test-Driving the Future
Autonomous Vehicles and the Ethics of Technological Change
Häftad, 2024
461 kr
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As the development of autonomous vehicles proceeds full-speed ahead, it is often said that this new, disruptive form of transportation will change everything. Such a claim has drawn both philosophical and public attention to what could be called ethical emergencies: imaginary situations ranging …
Technology and Equality
Av Sven Ove Hansson, Colleen Murphy
Inbunden, 2025
1214 kr
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We live in a world of rapidly growing gaps between rich and poor. In the rich parts of the world, new resource-consuming devices are launched every year. But at the same time, about a fourth of the world’s population does not have access to clean drinking water, and more than half lack safely …
Technology and Equality
Av Sven Ove Hansson, Colleen Murphy
Häftad, 2026
419 kr
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Analyzing the roles technology plays in growing global inequalities, this collection combines theory with case studies to expose causes and correlations, as well as potential solutions. Contributing scholars provide perspectives from history, sociology, gender studies, anthropology, economics, law, …
Social Robots
A Fictional Dualism Model
Inbunden, 2023
1072 kr
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Social robots are an increasingly integral part of society, already appearing as customer service assistants, care-home helpers, teaching assistants and personal companions. This book argues that the wider inclusion of social robots in our society is having a revolutionary impact on some of our key …
Social Robots
A Fictional Dualism Model
Häftad, 2026
419 kr
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Social robots are an increasingly integral part of society, already appearing as customer service assistants, care-home helpers, teaching assistants and personal companions. This book argues that the wider inclusion of social robots in our society is having a revolutionary impact on some of our key …
Social Robots
A Fictional Dualism Model
E-bok, 2023
452 kr
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Social robots are an increasingly integral part of society, already appearing as customer service assistants, care-home helpers, teaching assistants and personal companions. This book argues that the wider inclusion of social robots in our society is having a revolutionary impact on some of our key …
Ethics of Technology
Methods and Approaches
Inbunden, 2017
2134 kr
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Our daily lives are affected by new technologies at an ever increasing rate. It is becoming more and more important to assess future technologies from an ethical point of view, and to do this before they are introduced on a massive scale. Such assessments require systematic use of many different …
Ethics of Technology
Methods and Approaches
Häftad, 2017
716 kr
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Our daily lives are affected by new technologies at an ever increasing rate. It is becoming more and more important to assess future technologies from an ethical point of view, and to do this before they are introduced on a massive scale. Such assessments require systematic use of many different …
Morality of Urban Mobility
Technology and Philosophy of the City
Av Shane Epting
Inbunden, 2021
1285 kr
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Cities’ transportation systems affect people, nonhuman life, urban artifacts, and could impact future generations, increasing tensions through what appear to be conflicting interests at times. Ethically addressing these concerns requires dealing with the problem of moral prioritization. Shane …
Nanotechnology
Regulation and Public Discourse
Av Iris Eisenberger, Angela Kallhoff m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1711 kr
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Over the last decades, nanoscience and nanotechnology has been ascribed the potential to contribute beneficial applications in fields such as medicine, cosmetics, or environmental remediation. At the same time it is still contested whether engineered nanomaterials might be not one-sidedly “good” …
Nanotechnology
Regulation and Public Discourse
Av Iris Eisenberger, Angela Kallhoff m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
561 kr
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Over the last decades, nanoscience and nanotechnology has been ascribed the potential to contribute beneficial applications in fields such as medicine, cosmetics, or environmental remediation. At the same time it is still contested whether engineered nanomaterials might be not one-sidedly “good” …
Water Ethics
An Introduction
Av Neelke Doorn
Inbunden, 2019
1711 kr
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While the interdependence of the different aspects of water security and the relevance of ethical and distributive aspects is acknowledged in both policy circles and academia, a comprehensive introduction to water ethics is still missing. This book aims to fill that gap, by exploring the common …
Water Ethics
An Introduction
Av Neelke Doorn
Häftad, 2019
574 kr
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While the interdependence of the different aspects of water security and the relevance of ethical and distributive aspects is acknowledged in both policy circles and academia, a comprehensive introduction to water ethics is still missing. This book aims to fill that gap, by exploring the common …
Water Ethics
An Introduction
Av Neelke Doorn
E-bok, 2019
610 kr
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While the interdependence of the different aspects of water security and the relevance of ethical and distributive aspects is acknowledged in both policy circles and academia, a comprehensive introduction to water ethics is still missing. This book aims to fill that gap, by exploring the common …
Humans and Robots
Ethics, Agency, and Anthropomorphism
Av Sven Nyholm
Inbunden, 2020
1569 kr
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Can robots perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, or potentially harm us? Even before these things truly happen, ethical and philosophical questions already arise. The reason is that we humans have a tendency to spontaneously attribute minds …
Humans and Robots
Ethics, Agency, and Anthropomorphism
Av Sven Nyholm
Häftad, 2020
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517 kr
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Can robots perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, or potentially harm us? Even before these things truly happen, ethical and philosophical questions already arise. The reason is that we humans have a tendency to spontaneously attribute minds …
Test-Driving the Future
Autonomous Vehicles and the Ethics of Technological Change
Inbunden, 2022
1285 kr
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As the development of autonomous vehicles proceeds full-speed ahead, it is often said that this new, disruptive form of transportation will change everything. Such a claim has drawn both philosophical and public attention to what could be called ethical emergencies: imaginary situations ranging …
Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies
Beyond Nudging and Persuasion
Av Joel Anderson, Lily E. Frank m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1356 kr
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This book investigates behaviour change technologies (BCTs) from an ethical perspective, examining the broader societal and philosophical implications of these types of technologies. These technologies—ranging from fitness trackers and smart home systems to digital nudging and persuasive AI—are …
Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies
Beyond Nudging and Persuasion
Av Joel Anderson, Lily E. Frank m. fl.
Häftad, 2027
414 kr
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This book investigates behaviour change technologies (BCTs) from an ethical perspective, examining the broader societal and philosophical implications of these types of technologies. These technologies—ranging from fitness trackers and smart home systems to digital nudging and persuasive AI—are …
Automated Self
A Philosophical Study on the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Its Normative Challenges
Inbunden, 2024
1214 kr
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The Automated Self explores meta-theoretical issues in the philosophy of artificial intelligence, combining it with themes from philosophy of science and technology, media and communication studies, and ethics. Balsemão-Pires provides an integrated view of contemporary problems of AI including the …
Automated Self
A Philosophical Study on the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and its Normative Challenges
E-bok, 2024
1325 kr
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The Automated Self explores meta-theoretical issues in the philosophy of artificial intelligence, combining it with themes from philosophy of science and technology, media and communication studies, and ethics. Balsemão-Pires provides an integrated view of contemporary problems of AI including the …
