• DocumentCode
    2598482
  • Title

    Prospects for subjectivity and personhood in androids

  • Author

    Gessner, Wolfgang ; Schiewer, Gesine Lenore

  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    1-3 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    569
  • Lastpage
    573
  • Abstract
    Subjectivity is shown as the basic category in which personhood is constituted. In turn, subjectivity articulates itself mainly in language of mind (LOM), which relies on propositional attitudes as its main constituents. Intra- and intersubjective mental state systems (MSS) build the foundations for communication, interaction and cooperation between men and androids and men as well. If the criteria for personhood are accomplishable also for androids, then the possible ascription of proto-conscience comes into reach. Based on this, mutual acknowledgement as reflecting and acting subjects between androids and men will become possibly practicable.
  • Keywords
    man-machine systems; robots; social aspects of automation; androids; language of mind; mental state systems; propositional attitudes; subjectivity; Autonomous agents; Cognitive robotics; Cultural differences; Global communication; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Instruments; Logic; Ontologies; Psychology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008. The 17th IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2212-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2213-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600727
  • Filename
    4600727