Shamans and Robots

Contents

Prologue

Part I. The Rituals of Pleasure and the Word: Anthropology of the Placebo Effect

1. The Placebo

2. The Ligatures of Qusta ibn Luqa

3. The Magical Powers

4. A Shamanic Journey in Search of the Lost Soul

5. Neurology of the Placebo Effect

6. On Electronic Amulets and Catharsis

7. Zombies and Transhumanists

Part II. The Construction of an Artificial Consciousness: Anthropology of the Robotic Effect

8. The Mystery of Thinking Machines

9. The Robotic Effect

10. How Do You Educate a Robot?

11. Panpsychism

12. A Mechanical Consciousness

13. Robotic Culture

14. Prostheses and Symbols

15. Robotic Experiences

16. Emancipation of the Exocerebrums

17. Sentimental Machines

18. Proof of the Placebo

Notes

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• Antropologia social e cultural
• Filosofia da mente
• Psicologia social, de grupo ou colectiva

Placebo Effect; Shamanic Healers; Artificial Consciousness; A.I. Robots; Shamans; Roger Bartra. Freud; Shamanic Powers; Magic; Electronic Amulets