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The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of computing and information / edited by Luciano Floridi.
LIBRA QA76.167 .B53 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell philosophy guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer science--Philosophy.
- Computer science.
- Information technology--Philosophy.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
- Summary:
- This Guide provides an ambitious, state-of-the-art survey of the themes, problems, arguments, and theories constituting the innovative field of the philosophy of computing and information. Written by an international group of leading experts, the 26 newly commissioned chapters present a complete, systematic, and critical introduction to a wide range of topics, including computer ethics, internet culture, digital art, cybernetics, and hypertext theory. Combining careful scholarship and lucid exposition, each chapter serves as a self-standing introduction to its topic. Supporting online resources include an exhaustive glossary of technical terms, expanded further reading sections, and a wide-ranging introduction explaining the nature of the new informational paradigm in philosophy. The Guide offers students a first foundation for understanding the philosophy of computing and information. It will also engage those general readers who are curious about the new computational and informational turn in philosophy, and researchers interested in broadening their experience.
- Contents:
- Part I Four Concepts 1
- 1 Computation / B. Jack Copeland 3
- 2 Complexity / Alasdair Urquhart 18
- 3 System: An Introduction to Systems Science / Klaus Mainzer 28
- 4 Information / Luciano Floridi 40
- Part II Computers in Society 63
- 5 Computer Ethics / Deborah G. Johnson 65
- 6 Computer-mediated Communication and Human-Computer Interaction / Charles Ess 76
- 7 Internet Culture / Wesley Cooper 92
- 8 Digital Art / Dominic McIver Lopes 106
- Part III Mind and AI 117
- 9 The Philosophy of AI and its Critique / James H. Fetzer 119
- 10 Computationalism, Connectionism, and the Philosophy of Mind / Brian P. McLaughlin 135
- Part IV Real and Virtual Worlds 153
- 11 Ontology / Barry Smith 155
- 12 Virtual Reality / Derek Stanovsky 167
- 13 The Physics of Information / Eric Steinhart 178
- 14 Cybernetics / Roberto Cordeschi 186
- 15 Artificial Life / Mark A. Bedau 197
- Part V Language and Knowledge 213
- 16 Information and Content / Jonathan Cohen 215
- 17 Knowledge / Fred Adams 228
- 18 The Philosophy of Computer Languages / Graham White 237
- 19 Hypertext / Thierry Bardini 248
- Part VI Logic and Probability 261
- 20 Logic / G. Aldo Antonelli 263
- 21 Probability in Artificial Intelligence / Donald Gillies 276
- 22 Game Theory: Nash Equilibrium / Cristina Bicchieri 289
- Part VII Science and Technology 305
- 23 Computing in the Philosophy of Science / Paul Thagard 307
- 24 Methodology of Computer Science / Timothy Colburn 318
- 25 Philosophy of Information Technology / Carl Mitcham 327
- 26 Computational Modeling as a Philosophical Methodology / Patrick Grim 337.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631229183
- 0631229191
- OCLC:
- 51900606
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