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Chapter 6 considers the implications of human communication with nonhuman others for the categories human, animal and machine. It argues that, while the boundaries between these types of being are becoming increasingly blurred, they are nevertheless still meaningful. The chapter goes on to consider ways of assigning agency to nonhuman others on the basis of their activity in situations, while also recognising the difference between human activities and nonhuman activities.
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Sandry, E. (2015). Humans, Animals and Machines. In: Robots and Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137468376_7
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