Augmented Humanity : : Being and Remaining Agentic in a Digitalized World.

• Author: Bryant, Peter T.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 pages)

Table of Contents

Augmented Humanity -- Preface -- New Problematics -- About This Book -- Opportunities and Risks -- Reading This Book -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Modeling Augmented Humanity -- Historical Patterns -- Dilemmas of Technological Assistance -- Supervisory Challenges -- Period of Digitalization -- Adaptive Challenges -- New Problematics -- 1.1 Theories of Agency -- Persons in Context -- Capability and Potentiality -- Limits of Capabilities -- Impact of Digitalization -- 1.2 Metamodels of Agency -- Compositive Methods -- 1.3 Dimensions of Metamodeling -- Parameters and Variables -- The Role of Consciousness -- Critical Dilemmas -- References -- 2: Historical Metamodels of Agency -- 2.1 Major Historical Periods -- Replicative Metamodels of Agency -- The Modern Period -- Modern Adaptive Metamodels -- The Period of Digital Augmentation -- Generative Metamodels -- 2.2 Agentic Activation Mechanisms -- Augmented In-Betweenness -- Entrogenous In-Betweenness -- Summary of Metamodels -- 2.3 Dilemmas of Digital Augmentation -- Problematics and Metamodels -- 2.4 Patterns of Supervision -- 2.5 Implications for Augmented Humanity -- Implications for Specific Domains -- Reality and Truth -- Value and Commitment -- References -- 3: Agentic Modality -- 3.1 Mediators of Agentic Modality -- Issues of Combination and Choice -- 3.2 Impact of Digitalization -- Persistent Limitations -- Dilemmas of Agentic Modality -- Ambimodality -- 3.3 Patterns of Ambimodality -- Low Ambimodality -- High Ambimodality -- 3.4 Wider Implications -- Agentic Ambimodality -- Problems of Aggregation -- Implications for Institutions -- References -- 4: Problem-Solving -- Historical Developments -- Contemporary Digitalization -- 4.1 Metamodels of Problem-Solving -- 4.2 Dilemmas of Digital Augmentation.

Risk of Farsighted Processing -- Dilemmas of Hyperopia -- Myopia with Hyperopia -- Summary of Digitalized Problem-Solving -- 4.3 Illustrative Metamodels -- Highly Ambiopic Metamodels -- Non-ambiopic Augmented Metamodels -- Moderately Ambiopic Augmented Metamodels -- 4.4 Implications for Problem-Solving -- Myopia, Hyperopia, and Ambiopia -- Bounded and Unbounded -- Extended, Ecological Rationality -- Culture and Collectivity -- References -- 5: Cognitive Empathy -- 5.1 Theories of Cognitive Empathy -- Psychology of Cognitive Empathy -- Empathic Satisficing -- Practical Empathicing -- Empathizing and Discrepancy -- Digitalization of Cognitive Empathizing -- Summary of Augmented Cognitive Empathizing -- 5.2 Metamodels of Cognitive Empathizing -- Highly Ambiopic Empathizing -- Non-ambiopic Empathizing -- Summary of Cognitive Empathizing -- 5.3 Wider Implications -- The Understanding of Other Minds -- Empathy for Commitments -- Future Investigations -- References -- 6: Self-Regulation -- Social Cognitive Perspectives -- Rate and Complexity -- Impact of Digital Augmentation -- Self-Regulatory Dilemmas -- Ambiactive Self-Regulation -- Metamodels of Self-Regulation -- 6.1 Dilemmas of Self-Regulation -- Self-Regulatory Processing Rates -- Self-Regulatory Schemes -- 6.2 Illustrations of Augmented Self-Regulation -- Highly Ambiactive Self-Regulation -- Combined Ambiactive Metamodels -- Non-ambiactive Self-Regulation -- 6.3 Wider Implications -- Engagement and Responsibility -- Procedural Action -- The Regulating Self -- References -- 7: Evaluation of Performance -- Problematics of Evaluation -- Impact of Digitalization -- 7.1 Theoretical Perspectives -- Evaluation of Individual Performance -- Evaluation of Collective Performance -- 7.2 Impact of Digitalization -- Complexity of Evaluation -- Rates of Evaluation -- Summary of Augmented Evaluation.

7.3 Metamodels of Evaluation -- Overall Downregulated Processes -- Overall Upregulated Processes -- Upregulated Artificial Processes -- Upregulated Human Processes -- Summary of Augmented Evaluation of Performance -- 7.4 Implications for Other Fields -- Augmented Performance -- The Nature of Evaluation -- Implications for Collectives -- References -- 8: Learning -- 8.1 Theories of Learning -- Historical Debates -- Levels of Learning -- Procedural Learning -- 8.2 Digitally Augmented Learning -- Ambiactive Learning -- Summary of Learning by Augmented Agents -- 8.3 Illustrative Metamodels of Learning -- Lowly Ambiactive Modern Learning -- Highly Ambiactive Augmented Learning -- Lowly Ambiactive Augmented Learning -- 8.4 Wider Implications -- Divergent Capabilities -- Problematics of Learning -- References -- 9: Self-Generation -- 9.1 Self-Generative Dilemmas -- Sources of Disturbance -- Digital Augmentation of Self-Generation -- Dilemmas of Augmentation -- Summary of Augmented Self-Generation -- 9.2 Illustrations of Self-Generation -- Self-Generation in Modernity -- Divergent Augmented Self-Generation -- Convergent Augmented Self-Generation -- 9.3 Implications for Human Flourishing -- Self-Generative Risks -- Social and Behavioral Theories -- References -- 10: Toward a Science of Augmented Agency -- 10.1 Science of Augmented Agency -- Dilemmas of Digital Augmentation -- 10.2 Hyperparameters of Future Science -- Ontological Principles -- Epistemological Principles -- Mechanisms of Adaptation and Change -- 10.3 Domains of Augmented Science -- Science of Consciousness -- Generative Commitments -- Science and History -- Research Methods -- Future Prospect -- References -- Glossary of Defined Terms -- Index.