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Do Robots Have Sex? A Prolegomenon

of robots in various roles. Consequently, it will raise questions in ethics and—especially politicalphilosophy [ 10 ]. As well as these disciplinary resources, the subtle and dynamic nature of the ... ( 2022 ) The meaning of 'Woman' and the political turn in philosophy of language . In: Plou DB , Torices JR , Castro VF (eds) The political turn in analytic philosophy: reflections on social injustice and

Correction to: Philosophy of science in practice in ecological model building

Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution (INCT IN-TREE) , Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, Campus Ondina, Salvador, Bahia 40170-115 , Brazil 6 History, Philosophy and Biology Teaching Lab

Philosophy of science in practice in ecological model building

This article addresses the contributions of the literature on the new mechanistic philosophy of science for the scientific practice of model building in ecology. This is reflected in a one-to-one ... Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution (INCT IN-TREE) , Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, Campus Ondina, Salvador, Bahia 40170-115 , Brazil 6 History, Philosophy and Biology Teaching Lab

Responsible Social Robotics and the Dilemma of Control

a Honours Diploma in Philosophy from the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Her main research interests lie at the intersection of political philosophy and philosophy of technology, with a special focus ... processes [ 5 ]. Those debates have ranged from the fields of philosophy and international legal theory, to Studies of Ethical Legal and Social Aspects (ELSA) or more recently Responsible Research and

Animal sentience and the Capabilities Approach to justice

scientific foundations of Nussbaum’s position. On the ethical side, we explore the tension between a robust defence of animal rights and political liberalism, which requires tolerance of a range of reasonable ... Science, London School of Economics and Political Science , London , UK Martha Nussbaum's Justice for Animals calls upon humanity to secure for all sentient beings the central capabilities they need to

Ecosystem health and malfunctions: an organisational perspective

differences with respect to organismic features, these two kinds of systems cannot share a typical organismic property such as health. In recent years, an organisational approach in philosophy of biology and ... specifically refer to an approach in the philosophy of biology that has given rise to a number of theoretical developments from the late 1990s onwards (e.g., Schlosser 1998; Collier 2000; Bickhard 2000, 2004

Affordances and organizational functions

In this paper, we bring together the concepts of affordance from ecological psychology and function from the organizational approach to philosophy of biology into a single integrative framework. This

Adaptive immunity or evolutionary adaptation? Transgenerational immune systems at the crossroads

In recent years, immune systems have sparked considerable interest within the philosophy of science. One issue that has received increased attention is whether other phyla besides vertebrates display ... perspective on immune systems for immunology and its philosophy. Philosophy of immunology; Adaptive immune systems; Epigenetics; Small RNA inheritance; Immune memory Introduction The philosophy of immunology

Synthetic philosophy

(hereafter Other Minds) from a methodological perspective. I show that these both instantiate what I call ‘synthetic philosophy.’ They are both Darwinian philosophers of science who draw on each other’s work ... , anthropology, economics, political science, history, philosophy, and literary theory to explain how and why cultural features (good and bad) work the way they do…Pre-Darwinian natural history at its best was

Why Social Robots Need Self-Preservation to Be Objects of Moral Consideration

Hobbes’ moral and political philosophy [ 62 ] but also inspired by Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill [ 63, 64 ]. This approach, as I will show, can help us rearrange what we already know and provide a ... Thomas Hobbes , v.3. Clarendon , Oxford 66. Lott TL ( 1992 ) Hobbes's Right of Nature . History of Philosophy Quarterly 9 : 159 - 180 67. Blits JH ( 1989 ) Hobbesian fear . Political Theory 17 : 417 - 431

Paleobiology and philosophy

I offer four ways of distinguishing paleobiology from neontology, and from this develop a sketch of the philosophy of paleobiology. I then situate and describe the papers in the special issue

The integrative approach to inferring homology: morphology and development combined

and conceptually. I will conclude with a discussion on some potential implications for more general philosophy of biology and philosophy of science, especially surrounding evidential integration, models ... , United Kingdom 1 Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom Reconstructing ancestral species is a challenging endeavour: fossils are often scarce

Autonomous Systems and Technology Resistance: New Tools for Monitoring Acceptance, Trust, and Tolerance

political agendas), to discredit or undermine autonomous technologies, provoking a public reaction against their adoption. Proponents and sympathizers of the contemporary “anti-tech” discourse, like those who ... -delusional, discourses about autonomous systems, shedding light on the political and ideological source of Autonomy Estrangement [92]. While strongly corroborated by well-known facts, for now this correlation

Caring animals and the ways we wrong them

sentience as the central capacity relevant for moral status, leading to a focus on harm-based wrongs in animal ethics. But the political turn in animal ethics has recently shifted the focus on animals’ agency ... , including their socio-cognitive and emotional capacities, pointing to the just inclusion and political participation we owe other animals (e.g. Donaldson and Kymlicka 2011; Meijer 2019; Benz-Schwarzburg 2020

Ethics and Robot Democratization: Reflecting on Integrative Ethics Practices

approaches from fields such as anthropology, social phenomenology, social ontology, the philosophy of technology, the history of ideas and art as one large cluster of interrelated ideas, approaches and methods ... different meanings. Accordingly, it turned out to be crucial not to take anything for granted, even with respect to a very basic understanding of philosophy of ethical expertise. For instance, many notions

What is the nature of stem cells? A unified dispositional framework

Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University , Bielefeld , Germany 2 Institute of the Philosophy of the Natural Sciences, Jagiellonian University , Krakow , Poland This paper presents an account of the ... than another allows suggesting interventions at the genetic, molecular and population levels. Biological dispositions; Stem cells; Stemness; Philosophy in science; Inductive metaphysics Introduction

Pandemic and infodemic: the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 from a cultural evolutionary perspective

Für Philosophie/Transkulturalität, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf , Germany 1 Department of Philosophy, Leibniz Universität , Im Moore 21, 30167 ... international closings of boarders—and the sanitary, economic, political and cultural consequences cannot be foreseen, especially for poorer countries and regions. COVID-19 is highly contagious and spreads much

Philosophy of CRISPR-Cas: Introduction to Eugene Koonin’s target paper and commentaries

Article First Online: 13 February 2019 473 Downloads We are most grateful to Eugene Koonin for having accepted to write for Biology & Philosophy a target paper on such a major topic in current ... publications in philosophy of science journals [e.g., (Koonin and Starokadomskyy 2016)] or in collaboration with philosophers (O’Malley and Koonin 2011). Furthermore, and most crucially for the present issue of

What do Members of Parliament in India Think of Robots? Validation of the Frankenstein Syndrome Questionnaire and Comparison with Other Population Groups

. While work has started to explore attitudes towards robots, very little is known about the perceptions of robots in India, particularly of political leaders who have the ability to effect rapid change ... , understanding the attitudes about robots in this country will be beneficial. One group that is an agent for rapid change are political leaders. Understanding the views of politicians will provide insight into

An argument for global realism about the units of selection

philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology must be conventionalist views, or that my arguments in any way carry over to them. In other cases pluralistic views may be consistent with realism (e.g ... theory . Greenwood , New York Lloyd EA ( 2005 ) Why the gene will not return . Philos Sci 72 ( 2 ): 287 - 310 Lloyd EA ( 2017 ) Units and levels of selection . Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. April