The Reality of the Artificial Nature, Technology and Naturoids
The human ambition to reproduce and improve natural objects and processes has a long history, and ranges from dreams to actual design, from Icarus’s wings to modern robotics and bioengineering. This imperative seems to be linked not only to practical utility but also to our deepest psychology. Never...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I
- Chap. 1 Daedalus and Icarus
- Chap. 2 Artificiality and Naturoids
- Chap. 3 Duplicating Reality
- Part II
- Chap. 4 The First Step: Observation
- Chap. 5 Observation and Representations
- Chap. 6 The Exemplar and Its Definition
- Chap. 7 Essentiality of Things
- Part III
- Chap. 8 The Mind Reduces Complexity, Reality Does Not Make Discounts
- Chap. 9 The Problem of Synthesis
- Chap. 10 Transfiguration
- Part IV
- Chap. 11 Classification of the Artificial
- Chap. 12 Automatisms and Naturoids
- Chap. 13 Naturoids in Real Contexts: Bionic Man and Robots
- Chap. 14 The Challenge of Complexity
- Chap. 15 Illusion and Compatibility
- Part V
- Chap. 16 Naturoids: Interface and Camouflage
- Chap. 17 Structure or Process?
- Chap. 18 Artificial Limbs: History and Current Trends
- Chap. 19 The Artificial Brain
- Chap. 20 Prostheses, Replacements and Surrogates
- Chap. 21 Artificial Environments and Landscapes
- Chap. 22 Virtual Reality
- Chap. 23 Conclusions
- Appendix A Naturoids and Music
- Sect. A.1 Reproduction and Transfiguration
- Sect. A.2 The Rarefaction of Meaning
- Sect. A.3 Statements by Writers or Scholars in the Humanities
- Sect. A.4 Statements by Composers
- Appendix B Naturoids and Conventional Technology Devices
- References