Topical Collection: Waiting for Robot: Toward a Philosophy of Technological Failure\, \;Artificial Life (MIT Press)
\n\nGuest Editors: Giulio Amore (Università\; degli Studi di Padova)\, Andrea Gentili (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg / Università\; degli Studi di Padova)\, Marco Tamborini (Università\; Pegaso)
\n\nThis collection reorients philosophical and historical analysis of AI\, robotics\, and automation away from narratives of progress and success\, placing failure at the center. The concept of "Waiting for Robot" describes a condition of persistent anticipation\, in which the robot functions as much as a conceptual horizon as a concrete artifact. Breakdowns\, malfunctions\, and unrealized projects are treated not as marginal outcomes but as generative epistemic events that expose hidden assumptions and drive conceptual change. We welcome philosophical analyses\, theoretical considerations\, and historically grounded case studies on how failure shapes technoscientific knowledge.
\n\nAbstract deadline: 10 January 2027
\nAbstract acceptance notification: \;31 January 2027
\nFull paper deadline: 15 June 2027
\n\nIf interested\, please send an abstract of approximately 500 words to the Guest Editors:
\nGiulio Amore &mdash\; giulio.amore@phd.unipd.it \;
\nAndrea Gentili &mdash\; andrea.gentili.2@phd.unipd.it
\nMarco Tamborini &mdash\; marco.tamborini@unipegaso.it
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