http://www.humantechnology.jyu.fi/articles/volume5/2009/olatokun-adeboyejo.pdf
Human Technology November 30, 2009 DOI: 10.17011/ht/urn.200911234471 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 36 |
| Key points | Argues that Husserl's and Merleau-Ponty's accounts of the lived body, especially the corporeal schema and intercorporeality, show that proprioception is central to agency and ownership of action and that technological re-embodiment in remote practices such as telesurgery has limits. Proposes that these phenomenological considerations ground the bioethical, legal, and epistemological issues arising in remote interaction. |
Abstract
Exploring the phenomenology of remote practices made possible by recent technological advances, such as telesurgery, will reveal the role of proprioception in agency and ownership of action and furthermore delimit the possibility of re-embodiment through technological interfaces. An understanding of the lived body, viewed through the philosophical paradigms of theorists Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, will demonstrate the role of the corporeal schema and intercorporeality in an agent’s interaction with the immediate environment and hence elucidate the limits of achieving a seamless remote interaction as good as the “real thing.” These considerations are fundamental for grounding the bioethical, legal, and epistemological issues that arise in remote interaction, particularly in the case of telesurgery.