Joanna K. Malinowska works as assistant professor at Adam Mickiewicz University at the Faculty of Philosophy (Laboratory of Epistemology and Cognitive Science). She is interested in the philosophy of neuroscience, evolutionary epistemology, bioethics and social robotics.
She published in Synthese and The American Journal of Bioethics.
The Growing Need for Reliable Conceptual Analysis in HRI Studies: The Example of the Term ‘Empathy'
Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the field of HRI uses many concepts typical of social and humanities, in addition to terms which are usually associated with technology. In this paper, I analyse the problems which arise when we use the term ‘empathy’ to describe and explain interaction between robots and humans. I argue that this not only raises questions about the possibility of applying this term in situations in which only one of the participants of the interaction is a traditionally understood social subject, but also requires answers to questions about such problematic concepts as values and culture.
