Massimo Negrotti has been a full professor of the Methodology of Human Sciences at the Universities of Parma and Genoa since 1980, and currently also teaches at the Università di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', where he chairs the LCA (Lab for the Culture of the Artificial). His areas of research are methodology of human sciences, technology, cybernetics, and the culture of the artificial.

• Part I.- Chap. 1 Daedalus and Icarus.- Chap. 2 Artificiality and Naturoids.- Chap. 3 Duplicating Reality.- Part II.- Chap. 4 The First Step: Observation.- Chap. 5 Observation and Representations.- Chap. 6 The Exemplar and Its Definition.- Chap. 7 Essentiality of Things.- Part III.- Chap. 8 The Mind Reduces Complexity, Reality Does Not Make Discounts.- Chap. 9 The Problem of Synthesis.- Chap. 10 Transfiguration.- Part IV.- Chap. 11 Classification of the Artificial.- Chap. 12 Automatisms and Naturoids.- Chap. 13 Naturoids in Real Contexts: Bionic Man and Robots.- Chap. 14 The Challenge of Complexity.- Chap. 15 Illusion and Compatibility.- Part V.- Chap. 16 Naturoids: Interface and Camouflage.- Chap. 17 Structure or Process?.- Chap. 18 Artificial Limbs: History and Current Trends.- Chap. 19 The Artificial Brain.- Chap. 20 Prostheses, Replacements and Surrogates.- Chap. 21 Artificial Environments and Landscapes.- Chap. 22 Virtual Reality.- Chap. 23 Conclusions.- Appendix A Naturoids and Music.- Sect. A.1 Reproduction and Transfiguration.- Sect. A.2 The Rarefaction of Meaning.- Sect. A.3 Statements by Writers or Scholars in the Humanities.- Sect. A.4 Statements by Composers.- Appendix B Naturoids and Conventional Technology Devices.- References.

"This book presents an interesting and deep discussion of some of the principle problems of artificial reality. The point of view of the author ... will help computer science readers broaden their understanding of the classical vision of the subject. ... The book presents an interesting approach for the interpretation of artificial reality and artificial things." (Pietro Hiram Guzzi, Computing Reviews, November 14, 2012)

Massimo Negrotti has been a full professor of the Methodology of Human Sciences at the Universities of Parma and Genoa since 1980, and currently also teaches at the Università di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', where he chairs the LCA (Lab for the Culture of the Artificial). His areas of research are methodology of human sciences, technology, cybernetics, and the culture of the artificial.

• Part I.- Chap. 1 Daedalus and Icarus.- Chap. 2 Artificiality and Naturoids.- Chap. 3 Duplicating Reality.- Part II.- Chap. 4 The First Step: Observation.- Chap. 5 Observation and Representations.- Chap. 6 The Exemplar and Its Definition.- Chap. 7 Essentiality of Things.- Part III.- Chap. 8 The Mind Reduces Complexity, Reality Does Not Make Discounts.- Chap. 9 The Problem of Synthesis.- Chap. 10 Transfiguration.- Part IV.- Chap. 11 Classification of the Artificial.- Chap. 12 Automatisms and Naturoids.- Chap. 13 Naturoids in Real Contexts: Bionic Man and Robots.- Chap. 14 The Challenge of Complexity.- Chap. 15 Illusion and Compatibility.- Part V.- Chap. 16 Naturoids: Interface and Camouflage.- Chap. 17 Structure or Process?.- Chap. 18 Artificial Limbs: History and Current Trends.- Chap. 19 The Artificial Brain.- Chap. 20 Prostheses, Replacements and Surrogates.- Chap. 21 Artificial Environments and Landscapes.- Chap. 22 Virtual Reality.- Chap. 23 Conclusions.- Appendix A Naturoids and Music.- Sect. A.1 Reproduction and Transfiguration.- Sect. A.2 The Rarefaction of Meaning.- Sect. A.3 Statements by Writers or Scholars in the Humanities.- Sect. A.4 Statements by Composers.- Appendix B Naturoids and Conventional Technology Devices.- References.

"This book presents an interesting and deep discussion of some of the principle problems of artificial reality. The point of view of the author ... will help computer science readers broaden their understanding of the classical vision of the subject. ... The book presents an interesting approach for the interpretation of artificial reality and artificial things." (Pietro Hiram Guzzi, Computing Reviews, November 14, 2012)

Massimo Negrotti has been a full professor of the Methodology of Human Sciences at the Universities of Parma and Genoa since 1980, and currently also teaches at the Università di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', where he chairs the LCA (Lab for the Culture of the Artificial). His areas of research are methodology of human sciences, technology, cybernetics, and the culture of the artificial.

• Part I.- Chap. 1 Daedalus and Icarus.- Chap. 2 Artificiality and Naturoids.- Chap. 3 Duplicating Reality.- Part II.- Chap. 4 The First Step: Observation.- Chap. 5 Observation and Representations.- Chap. 6 The Exemplar and Its Definition.- Chap. 7 Essentiality of Things.- Part III.- Chap. 8 The Mind Reduces Complexity, Reality Does Not Make Discounts.- Chap. 9 The Problem of Synthesis.- Chap. 10 Transfiguration.- Part IV.- Chap. 11 Classification of the Artificial.- Chap. 12 Automatisms and Naturoids.- Chap. 13 Naturoids in Real Contexts: Bionic Man and Robots.- Chap. 14 The Challenge of Complexity.- Chap. 15 Illusion and Compatibility.- Part V.- Chap. 16 Naturoids: Interface and Camouflage.- Chap. 17 Structure or Process?.- Chap. 18 Artificial Limbs: History and Current Trends.- Chap. 19 The Artificial Brain.- Chap. 20 Prostheses, Replacements and Surrogates.- Chap. 21 Artificial Environments and Landscapes.- Chap. 22 Virtual Reality.- Chap. 23 Conclusions.- Appendix A Naturoids and Music.- Sect. A.1 Reproduction and Transfiguration.- Sect. A.2 The Rarefaction of Meaning.- Sect. A.3 Statements by Writers or Scholars in the Humanities.- Sect. A.4 Statements by Composers.- Appendix B Naturoids and Conventional Technology Devices.- References.

"This book presents an interesting and deep discussion of some of the principle problems of artificial reality. The point of view of the author ... will help computer science readers broaden their understanding of the classical vision of the subject. ... The book presents an interesting approach for the interpretation of artificial reality and artificial things." (Pietro Hiram Guzzi, Computing Reviews, November 14, 2012)