TY - BOOK ID - 33057447 TI - Death and the Machine : Intersections of Mortality and Robotics PY - 2018 SN - 9811303347 9811303355 9789811303357 PB - Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, DB - UniCat KW - Technology KW - Technology and ethics KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Technology—Sociological aspects. KW - Ethnology. KW - Culture. KW - Technology. KW - Ethics. KW - Science and Technology Studies. KW - Cultural Anthropology. KW - Culture and Technology. KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Applied science KW - Arts, Useful KW - Science, Applied KW - Useful arts KW - Science KW - Industrial arts KW - Material culture KW - Cultural sociology KW - Culture KW - Sociology of culture KW - Civilization KW - Popular culture KW - Cultural anthropology KW - Ethnography KW - Races of man KW - Social anthropology KW - Anthropology KW - Human beings KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33057447 AB - This books challenges conventional notions of biological life and death in the area of robotics, discussing issues such as machine consciousness, autonomous AI, and representations of robots in popular culture. Using philosophical approaches alongside scientific theory, this book offers a compelling critique on the changing nature of both humanity and biological death in an increasingly technological world. ER -