WheretheActionis

Computer science has been incredibly successful as an engineering discipline. However, it is also a philosophical enterprise that represents the world and creates and manipulates models of reality, people, and action. In this book, Paul Dourish delves into the philosophical foundations of human-computer interaction. Specifically, he focuses on "embodied interaction" - an approach that emphasizes the importance of physical actions and perceptual experience in the interaction between humans and computers.

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Computerscienceasanengineeringdisciplinehasbeenspectacularlysuccessful.Yetitisalsoaphilosophicalenterpriseinthewayitrepresentstheworldandcreatesandmanipulatesmodelsofreality,people,andaction.Inthisbook,PaulDourishaddressesthephilosophicalbasesofhuman-computerinteraction.Helooksathowwhathecalls"embodiedinteraction"--anapproachtointeractingwithsoftwaresystemsthatemphasizesskilled,engagedpracticeratherthandisembodiedrationality--reflectsthephenomenologicalapproachesofMartinHeidegger,LudwigWittgenstein,andothertwentieth-centuryphilosophers.Thephenomenologicaltraditionemphasizestheprimacyofnaturalpracticeoverabstractcognitionineverydayactivity.Dourishshowshowthisperspectivecanshedlightonthefoundationalunderpinningsofcurrentresearchonembodiedinteraction.Helooksinparticularathowtangibleandsocialapproachestointeractionarerelated,howtheycanbeusedtoanalyzeandunderstandembodiedinteraction,andhowtheycouldaffectthedesignoffutureinteractivesystems.