The Philosophy of Information

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-923238-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 801 g

A new, fast-growing subject
The first comprehensive treatment
Written by the leading figure in the field
Promises to be the book that defines the subject

Luciano Floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information. PI is the philosophical field concerned with (1) the critical investigation of the conceptual nature and basic principles of information, including ist dynamics, utilisation, and sciences, and (2) the elaboration and application of information-theoretic and computational methodologies to philosophical problems. This book lays down, for the first time, the conceptual foundations for this new area of research. It does so systematically, by pursuing three goals. Ist metatheoretical goal is to describe what the philosophy of information is, ist problems, approaches, and methods. Ist introductory goal is to help the reader to gain a better grasp of the complex and multifarious nature of the various concepts and phenomena related to information. Ist analytic goal is to answer several key theoretical questions of great philosophical interest, arising from the investigation of semantic information.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and advanced students of philosophy, computer science, cognitive science, and related disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Floridi, Luciano

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Kognitivismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1: What is the Philosophy of Information?
2: Open Problems in the Philosophy of Information
3: The Method of Levels of Abstraction
4: Semantic Information and the Veridicality Thesis
5: Outline of a Theory of Strongly Semantic Information
6: The Symbol Grounding Problem
7: Action-Based Semantics
8: Semantic Information and the Correctness Theory of Truth
9: The Logical Unsolvability of the Gettier Problem
10: The Logic of Being Informed
11: Understanding Epistemic Relevance
12: Semantic Information and the Network Theory of Account
13: Consciousness, Agents and the Knowledge Game
14: Against Digital Ontology
15: A Defence of Informational Structural Realism
References

Über Autor(innen)

Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire/University of Oxford