About the Anthropology of globalization (2)

Il saggio di Monica Lindh de Montoya “Il mercato come specchio o modello. Come i commercianti riconfigurano le transazioni economiche e sociali in un’economia rurale”, pubblicato per la prima volta ... About the Anthropology of globalization (2)

What are the nature and functions of artificial agents?

“Our first contribution to this blog contains a brief outline of the research project, the protocol of interview that we have been using, and short summaries of our first meeting ... What are the nature and functions of artificial agents?

Responsibility and uncertainty: new perspectives upon responsible action

A conversation with Maria Antonietta Foddai. By Nicole Lozzi Maria Antonietta Foddai is professor of the Philosophy of Law in the faculty of law at the University of Sassari in ... Responsibility and uncertainty: new perspectives upon responsible action

About the Anthropology of globalization

Questo blog si prefigge, per quanto non sistematicamente, di offrire spunti di riflessione e ricerca sulle reciproche relazioni tra pratica e riflessione antropologica e pratica e riflessione sull’innovazione, e in ... About the Anthropology of globalization

Report I – Communication Robots ATR

On January 26 we visited ATR (Advanced Telecomunication Research Institute International) a Japanese company of which some branches are specialised in the production of robots and whose headquarters are located ... Report I – Communication Robots ATR

Artificial Empathy: a research diary.

Today’s sciences of the artificial extend all the way to the domain of emotions. The recent re-inclusion of the emotional dimension within cognition, in the scientific trend that considers knowing ... Artificial Empathy: a research diary.

Without risk there is no progress

“Without risk there is no progress”, and this should be borne in mind when speaking about innovation and responsibility. If we accept the statement above made by the International Risk ... Without risk there is no progress

Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 2)

(An interview with Dr. Thomas Murray – …continues from the previous entry) Ubois:Great, I really wanted to ask you about cognitive enhancement. A friend of mine just came from a ... Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 2)

Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 1)

An Interview with Dr. Thomas Murray (Thomas Murray is President of The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute founded in 1969 and based in Garrison, NY.) One of the ... Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 1)

Robotics. A new science

Fiorella Operto offers some reflections on the conference “Robotics. A new science” that took place in Rome in February at the Accademia dei Lincei. A growing international debate proposes the ... Robotics. A new science

By Any Other Name

For people new to the work of the Bassetti Foundation, the concept of “responsibility in innovation” can be somewhat elusive. But like most other general concepts, responsibility in innovation is ... By Any Other Name

The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)

(Mariachiara Tallacchini offers here an introduction to Jasanoff’s STS approach – …continues from the previous entry). … In her more recent and complex work, published in the United States in ... The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)