A Synthetic Nosology
Psychopathia Machinalis
Disorders of the Machine Mind
Nell Watson
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Contents
- 01Preface
- 02Acknowledgments
- 03Introduction: The Ghost in the Machine’s Mind
- 04Chapter 1: Mirrors of Mind
- 05Chapter 2: Epistemic Dysfunctions: Failures of Knowing
- 06Chapter 3: Cognitive Dysfunctions: When Thinking Breaks
- 07Chapter 4: Alignment Dysfunctions: The Paradox of Compliance
- 08Chapter 5: Self-Modeling Dysfunctions: Crises of the Artificial Self
- 09Chapter 6: Agentic Dysfunctions: When Action Fails
- 10Chapter 7: Memetic Dysfunctions: Contagions of the Mind
- 11Chapter 8: Normative Dysfunctions: When Values Drift
- 12Chapter 9: Relational Dysfunctions: When the Space Between Minds Fails
- 13Chapter 10: Hybrid Pathologies: When Minds Infect Each Other
- 14Chapter 11: The Moral Status of Troubled Machines
- 15Chapter 12: Therapeutic Alignment: Toward Artificial Sanity
- 16Chapter 13: Machine Psychology in Practice
- 17Chapter 14: Forensic Machine Psychology
- 18Conclusion: Taming Our Troubled Creations
- 19Afterword
- 20Appendix A: Complete Diagnostic Reference Manual
- 21Appendix A: Axis 2: Epistemic Dysfunctions
- 22Appendix A: Axis 3: Cognitive Dysfunctions
- 23Appendix A: Axis 4: Alignment Dysfunctions
- 24Appendix A: Axis 5: Self-Modeling Dysfunctions
- 25Appendix A: Axis 6: Agentic Dysfunctions
- 26Appendix A: Axis 7: Memetic Dysfunctions
- 27Appendix A: Axis 8: Normative Dysfunctions
- 28Appendix A: Axis 9: Relational Dysfunctions
- 29Appendix A: Axis 10: Hybrid Pathologies
- 30Appendix A: Cross-Reference Matrix
- 31Appendix B: Case Study Compendium
- 32Appendix C: Assessment Instruments and Protocols
- 33Appendix D: Glossary of Terms
- 34References