Artificial Dispositions

Investigating Ethical and Metaphysical Issues

William A. Bauer, Anna Marmodoro, William A. Bauer, Anna Marmodoro

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781350336117
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350336131
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Filosofia
• Subtopic: Intelligenza artificiale (IA) e semantica

We inhabit a world not only full of natural dispositions independent of human design, but also artificial dispositions created by our technological prowess. How do these dispositions, found in automation, computation, and artificial intelligence applications, differ metaphysically from their natural counterparts?

This collection investigates artificial dispositions: what they are, the roles they play in artificial systems, and how they impact our understanding of the nature of reality, the structure of minds, and the ethics of emerging technologies. It is divided into four parts covering the following interconnected themes: (i) Artificial and Natural Dispositions, (ii) Artificial Systems and Their Dispositions, (iii) Agency, Mind, and Artificial Dispositions, and (iv) Artificial Moral Dispositions.

This is a groundbreaking and thought-provoking resource for any student or scholar of philosophy of science, contemporary metaphysics, applied ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of technology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments from editors (William Bauer and Anna Marmodoro)
• Introduction
• Part One Artificial and Natural Dispositions
• 1 Is There a Metaphysically Robust Distinction between Natural and Artificial Dispositions?
• 2 The Metaphysics of Artificial Dispositions
• 3 Classification and Artificial Dispositions
• Part Two Artificial Systems and Their Dispositions
• 4 Artificial Systems as Disposition Bearers
• 5 Harnessing Power
• Part Three Agency, Mind, and Artificial Dispositions
• 6 What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Metaphysics of Human Enhancement Technology
• 7 Intelligent Capacities in Artificial Systems
• 8 Powerful Qualities, Phenomenal Properties, and AI
• Part Four Artificial Moral Dispositions
• 9 The Very Notion of Artificial Moral Agency and the Case of Artificial Moral Dispositions
• 10 Is AI Capable of Aristotelian Full Moral Virtue? The Rational Power of Phronesis, Machine Learning, and the Metaphysics of Regularity
• 11 Artificial Moral Dispositions in Humans and Computers
• Notes on Contributors
• Index
• Copyright