Papers by Massimo Marassi
Social Robots in Social Institutions Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2022, 2023
Adaptive behaviour is essential for robots to establish natural social interactions with humans, ... more Adaptive behaviour is essential for robots to establish natural social interactions with humans, which is grounded and develops from an adaptive perception of the environment and the other agents. At the intersection of social and cognitive robotics, this paper theorises interpretation as a fundamental instrument to provide such skills to robots. First, the hermeneutical circle of context and experience is described as a core element of adaptivity in human perception. Secondarily, the process of interpretation/contextualisation is presented through two different but complementary levels. Finally, in a dialogue with the current developments in social robots, the paper brings to the attention some problems or possibilities on the topic.
n general, pity has always been conceived as a passion or as a virtue. These are two ways of look... more n general, pity has always been conceived as a passion or as a virtue. These are two ways of looking at the concept, which are difficult to conciliate. Heidegger, in particular, considers pity as something which comes into play when the philosopher is asking questions about the beings and about the manifestation of the being. At the same time, he also considers pity as a form of passion. In this case, phenomenology abandons the primacy of intentionality and becomes an exaltation of the pathe. On the other hand, according to a different perspective, pity as a virtue embraces a wide range of experiences, from that of tragedy to solidarity. The latter two make it possible to have an ethics of existence. Pity works a priori, it precedes any question, it prefers justice over knowledge and it is a way of looking at things which needs no plea, no question to understand the necessity of existence.
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Papers by Massimo Marassi