The logic of information : a theory of philosophy as conceptual design / Luciano Floridi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Floridi, Luciano, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Analysis (Philosophy).

Information theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 240 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Theory of philosophy as conceptual design

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Luciano Floridi presents an innovative approach to philosophy, conceived as conceptual design. His starting-point is that reality provides the data which we transform into information. He explores how we make, transform, refine, and improve the objects of our knowledge, and defends the radical idea that knowledge is design.

Contents:

1. What is a Philosophical Question?

2. Philosophy as Conceptual Design

3. Constructionism as Non-Naturalism

4. Perception and Testimony as Data Providers

5. Information Quality

6. Informational Scepticism and the Logically Possible

7. A Defence of Information Closure

8. Logical Fallacies as Bayesian Informational Shortcuts

9. Maker's Knowledge, between A priori and A Posteriori

10. The Logic of Design as a Conceptual Logic of Information

Afterword : Rebooting Philosophy.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-257027-7

0-19-187206-7

0-19-257026-9