Shifting boundaries, extended minds: ambient technology and extended allostatic control.
This article applies the thesis of the extended mind to ambient smart environments. These systems are characterised by an environment, such as a home or classroom, infused with multiple, highly networked streams of smart technology working in the background, learning about the user and operating wit...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 205; no. 2; pp. 1 - 29 |
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Feb2025
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