{"id":4422,"date":"2021-10-21T09:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T07:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dsu.univr.it\/ethos\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2021-10-21T10:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T08:31:06","slug":"call-for-papers-robots-and-living-organisms-new-historical-and-philosophical-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dsu.univr.it\/ethos\/call-for-papers-robots-and-living-organisms-new-historical-and-philosophical-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Robots and Living Organisms: New Historical and Philosophical Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Marco Tamborini<\/p>\n

Technische Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nKarolinenplatz 5, 64289 Darmstadt Germany
\nmarco.tamborini@tu-darmstadt.de<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=rCLRkyYAAAAJ<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Edoardo Datteri<\/p>\n

University of Milano-Bicocca
\nDepartment of Human Sciences for Education, RobotiCSS Lab
\nPiazza dell\u2019Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
\nedoardo.datteri@unimib.it<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/scholar.google.it\/citations?user=wGwyuFkAAAAJ&hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n

Special issue information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aims and Scope:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The analysis and construction of automata – more recently called robots – has often stimulated, inspired, and influenced the development of theories on the morphology and behaviour of living systems. At least since the 17th<\/sup>\u00a0century, observation of hydraulic machines, clocks, automated theatrical representations, and humanoid automata often prompted adoption of mechanistic conceptions of life and animal behaviour. Robots have been used as models of sensory-motor and information processing mechanisms in 20th<\/sup>-century Cybernetics and cognitive science. More recently, in so-called interactive biorobotics, the study of animal-robot interaction dynamics offers insights into the mechanisms of social behaviour and cognition.<\/p>\n

The aim of this special issue is to gather articles centred on the following questions.<\/p>\n

– What epistemic roles have automata played, throughout history, in the study of animal (possibly, human) behaviour, morphology, cognition?<\/p>\n

– Is there any trace of genuine\u00a0experimental\u00a0<\/em>use of automata for theorizing on the behaviour and cognition of animals and humans before the 20th century?<\/p>\n

– What conceptions of \u2018machine\u2019 and \u2018living system\u2019 lay behind early and contemporary machine-supported studies on living system behaviour?<\/p>\n

– What kind of practices have been adopted throughout history to design and build automata and to validate knowledge produced through them? How did these practices change over time?<\/p>\n

– What roles can a reflection on the epistemic uses of automata play in the broader discussion on the material turn in science studies and on the technoscientific status of 21st-century science?<\/p>\n

– What broader economic and political interests have been at stake in designing and using bio-robots? How do these interests enable or constrain broader epistemic agendas?<\/p>\n

– What roles so-called invisible technicians have played in producing knowledge through automata?<\/p>\n

– How were automata produced and used in non-Western societies?<\/p>\n

– How has the relationship between engineering and biological science changed over time?<\/p>\n

Manuscript submission information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deadlines<\/strong><\/p>\n