Personhood and Social Robotics

Taylor & Francis

Personhood and Social RoboticsA psychological consideration\nAuthor(s): Raya Jones\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780815359098, 978-0815359098\nSynopsis\nAn exponentially growing industry, human robot interaction (HRI) research has drawn predominantly upon psychologists descriptions of mechanisms of face-to-face dyadic interactions. This book considers how social robotics is beginning unwittingly to confront an impasse that has been a perennial dilemma for psychology, associated with the historical science vs. art debate. Raya Jones examines these paradigmatic tensions, and, in tandem, considers ways in which the technology-centred discourse both reflects and impacts upon understanding our relational nature. \n\nChapters in the book explore not only how the technology-centred discourse constructs machines as us, but also how humans feature in this discourse. Focusing on how the social interaction is conceptualised.