Shamans and robots : on ritual, the placebo effect, and artificial consciousness
Roger Bartra
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
| Originaltittel | [ Chamanes y robots. .] Engelska
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| Omfang | xi, 152 sider
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| Opplysninger | Translation of: Chamanes y robots. - Part I. The rituals of pleasure and the world: Anthropology of the placebo effect -- The placebo -- The ligatures of Qusta ibn Luqa -- The magical powers -- A Shamanic journey in search of the lost soul -- Neurology of the placebo effect -- On electronic amulets and catharsis -- Zombies and Transhumanists -- Part II. The construction of an artificial consciousness: Anthropology of the robotic effect -- The mystery of thinking machines -- The robotic effect -- How do you educate a robot? -- Panpsychism -- A mechanical consciousness -- Robotic culture -- Prostheses and symbols -- Robotic experiences -- Emancipation of the exocerebrums -- Sentimental machines -- Proof of the placebo.. - "Examining the placebo effect as a key to our understanding of human consciousness, Roger Bartra analyzes digital media's relationship to the functions of the human brain and probes the possibility of artificial consciousness. Both a look at the human body's potential to restore itself and a profound reflection on the curative power of symbolic structures, Shamans and Robots explores how our technologies increasingly serve as extensions of our cognitive selves"--
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| ISBN | 9781517917494
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