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Arius in Cyberspace: Digital Companions and the Limits of the Person

O'Hara, K. (2010) Arius in Cyberspace: Digital Companions and the Limits of the Person. In: Yorick Wilks (ed.), Close Engagements with Artificial Companions: Key social, psychological, ethical and design issues, John Benjamins (Amsterdam). ISBN 978 90 272 4994 4 (In Press)

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This paper deals with aspects of agency in the context of digital companions. First, I defend the idea that a full description of human psychology or cognition must deal with more than the state of a person’s head/brain/mind (i.e. rejecting what has been called ‘methodological individualism’). Second, I look at issues of identity that arise from augmentation of the individual with technology and the creation of companions. These two discussions will, I suggest, open up the possibility of some kind of internal or organic relation between a person and his or her companion. Third, I consider some of the possible types of relationship that might hold between a companion and its owner. Fourth, I look at some of the issues of authority that we can expect to arise.

Item Type:Book Section
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Kieron O'Hara
Research Group:Current ECS Groups > Web and Internet Science
Old ECS Groups > Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia
ISBN:978 90 272 4994 4
Date:2010
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