Collective Agency and Cooperation in Natural and Artificial Systems: Explanation, Implementation and Simulation (Philosophical Studies Series Book 122)

This Book Brings Together Philosophical Approaches To Cooperation And Collective Agency With Research Into Human-machine Interaction And Cooperation From Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science And Ai. Bringing These So Far Largely Unrelated Fields Of Study Together Leads To A Better Understanding Of Collective Agency In Natural And Artificial Systems And Will Help To Improve The Design And Performance Of Hybrid Systems Involving Human And Artificial Agents. Modeling Collective Agency With The Help Of Computer Simulations Promises Also Philosophical Insights Into The Emergence Of Collective Agency. The Volume Consists Of Four Sections. The First Section Is Dedicated To The Concept Of Agency. The Second Section Of The Book Turns To Human-machine Cooperation. The Focus Of The Third Section Is The Transition From Cooperation To Collective Agency. The Last Section Concerns The Explanatory Value Of Social Simulations Of Collective Agency In The Broader Framework Of Cultural Evolution. Part I: Concepts Of Agency -- Collective Agency And Cooperation In Natural And Artificial Systems.-cooperation With Robots? A Two-dimensional Approach -- The Participatory Turn – A Multidimensional Gradual Agency Concept For Human And Non-human Actors -- Part Ii: Human-machine Cooperation -- Embodied Cooperative Systems: From Tool To Partnership -- Historical, Cultural, And Aesthetic Aspects Of The Uncanny Valley -- Ethical Implications Regarding Assistive Technology At Workplaces -- Some Sceptical Remarks Regarding Robot Responsibility And A Way Forward -- Part Iii: Collective Agency -- Planning For Collective Agency -- An Account Of Boeschian Cooperative Behavior -- Choosing Appropriate Paradigmatic Examples For Understanding Collective Agency -- Can Artificial Systems Be Part Of A Collective Action? -- Is Collective Agency A Coherent Idea? Considerations From The Enactive Theory Of Agency -- Part Iv: Simulating Collective Agency And Cooperation -- Simulation As Research Method: Modeling Social Interactions In Management Science -- How Models Fail? A Critical Look At The History Of Computer Simulations Of Evolution In Cooperation -- Artificial Intelligence And Pro-social Behavior. Catrin Misselhorn, Editor. International Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Collective Agency and Cooperation in Natural and Artificial Systems....Pages 3-24 Cooperation with Robots? A Two-Dimensional Approach....Pages 25-43 The Participatory Turn: A Multidimensional Gradual Agency Concept for Human and Non-human Actors....Pages 45-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Embodied Cooperative Systems: From Tool to Partnership....Pages 63-79 Historical, Cultural, and Aesthetic Aspects of the Uncanny Valley....Pages 81-107 Ethical Implications Regarding Assistive Technology at Workplaces....Pages 109-130 Some Sceptical Remarks Regarding Robot Responsibility and a Way Forward....Pages 131-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Planning for Collective Agency....Pages 149-168 An Account of Boeschian Cooperative Behaviour....Pages 169-184 Choosing Appropriate Paradigmatic Examples for Understanding Collective Agency....Pages 185-203 Can Artificial Systems Be Part of a Collective Action?....Pages 205-218 Is Collective Agency a Coherent Idea? Considerations from the Enactive Theory of Agency....Pages 219-236 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Simulation as Research Method: Modeling Social Interactions in Management Science....Pages 239-259 How Models Fail....Pages 261-279 Artificial Intelligence and Pro-Social Behaviour....Pages 281-306 Back Matter....Pages 307-311