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Philosophy and Computing:

An Introduction
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Routledge, 1999 - Computers - 242 pages
Philosophy and Computing explores each of the following areas of technology: the digital revolution; the computer; the Internet and the Web; CD-ROMs and Mulitmedia; databases, textbases, and hypertexts; Artificial Intelligence; the future of computing.
Luciano Floridi shows us how the relationship between philosophy and computing provokes a wide range of philosophical questions: is there a philosophy of information? What can be achieved by a classic computer? How can we define complexity? What are the limits of quantam computers? Is the Internet an intellectual space or a polluted environment? What is the paradox in the Strong Artificial Intlligence program?
Philosophy and Computing is essential reading for anyone wishing to fully understand both the development and history of information and communication technology as well as the philosophical issues it ultimately raises.
  

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Contents

philosophy and the digital environment
1
The digital workshop
20
A revolution called Internet
56
infosphere databases and hypertexts
88
a light approach
132
Conclusion
218
Notes
224
Index
238
philosophy and the digital environment 1
1
The digital workshop 20
20
A revolution called Internet 56
56
infosphere databases and hypertexts 88
88
a light approach 132
132
Conclusion 218
218
Notes 224
224
Index 238
238

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About the author (1999)

Luciano Floridi is Professor and Research Chair in Philosophy of Information, University of Hertfordshire, Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford University, and UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics. His publications include Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction (1999) and The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information (2004).

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TitlePhilosophy and Computing: An Introduction
AuthorLuciano Floridi
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 1999
ISBN0415180252, 9780415180252
Length242 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Computer Science
Computers / Information Theory
Computers / Social Aspects / General
Philosophy / Metaphysics
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
  
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