The assumption of agency theory : a realist theory of the production of agency

The assumption of agency theory : a realist theory of the production of agency / Kate Forbes-Pitt.

The Assumption of Agency Theory revisits the Turing Test and€examines what Turing's assessor knew. It asks important questions about how machines vis à vis humans have been characterized since Turing, and seeks to reverse the trend of looking closely at the machine by asking what humans know i...

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Other Authors: Forbes-Pitt, Kate
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Ontological explorations.
Subjects:
Agent (Philosophy)
Philosophical anthropology.
Critical realism.
Turing test.
Artificial intelligence > Philosophy.
philosophical anthropology.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Artificial intelligence > Philosophy
Critical realism
Philosophical anthropology
Turing test
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Summary:The Assumption of Agency Theory revisits the Turing Test and€examines what Turing's assessor knew. It asks important questions about how machines vis à vis humans have been characterized since Turing, and seeks to reverse the trend of looking closely at the machine by asking what humans know in interaction and how they know it.€This book€characterizes a non-human agent that shows itself in interaction but is distinct from human agency: an agent acting with us in our ongoing reproduction and transformation of structure. Turing predicted that at the end of the twentieth century, w.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 170 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-164) and index.
ISBN:9780415782111
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9780203093443
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9780203803363
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9781138797970
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9781283102971
9786613102973
6613102970
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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