218 Subject Index
social robotics 150–1, 155–60, 174,
176, 178
social studies of science and technology
(STS) 149–50
spandrels 51, 77, 91; see also adaptationist
programme
species, concepts of 67, 71–3; see also
evolution; natural vs practical kinds
stimulus see perception
symbol grounding (problem) 34, 38–9, 56
symbolic reference see reference
teasing (in interpersonal
communication) 158
teleology in nature 31, 116
teleosemantics (or biosemantics or
teleofunctionalism) 31, 117, 128–9
tools see artefacts; evolution, brain-tool
co-evolution
Turing Machine functionalism 4–6,
112, 114
Turing Test see imitation game
ubiquitous computing 8, 139;
see also Weiser, M.
uncanny valley 157
variation (in evolution) 26, 30, 32, 68,
77–80, 83, 86, 112
virtual object (in AR) see Augmented
Reality (AR)
Virtual Reality see environment, virtual
vitalism (in biology) 78, 185, 191