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Mechanický krtek – poznámky k fenomenologii kyborgů
Mechanical mole - notes on the phenomenology of cyborgs

Author(s): Jana Zichová
Subject(s): Special Branches of Philosophy, Phenomenology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: cyborg; robot; technology; horizon; phenomenology;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the question on the essence of the cyborg. The author explores Čapek’s play R.U.R. and thinks over the transformation of time that might happen when an encounter of the living being with the inanimate system takes place. The author thinks also about the space of the factory as a home. It shows that the factory is the place where the artificial horizon is created.

  • Page Range: 95-101
  • Page Count: 7
  • Publication Year: 2020
  • Language: Czech