Ebook: Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology: Critical Reflections
- Tags: Philosophy of Technology, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Ethics, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ontology, Epistemology
- Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 8
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Information and communication technologies of the 20th century have had a significant impact on our daily lives. They have brought new opportunities as well as new challenges for human development. The Philosopher: Luciano Floridi claims that these new technologies have led to a revolutionary shift in our understanding of humanity’s nature and its role in the universe. Florodi’s philosophical analysis of new technologies leads to a novel metaphysical framework in which our understanding of the ultimate nature of reality shifts from a materialist one to an informational one. In this world, all entities, be they natural or artificial, are analyzed as informational entities. This book provides critical reflection to this idea, in four different areas: Information Ethics and The Method of Levels of Abstraction The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Information and communication technologies of the 20th century have had a significant impact on our daily lives. They have brought new opportunities as well as new challenges for human development. The Philosopher: Luciano Floridi claims that these new technologies have led to a revolutionary shift in our understanding of humanity’s nature and its role in the universe. Florodi’s philosophical analysis of new technologies leads to a novel metaphysical framework in which our understanding of the ultimate nature of reality shifts from a materialist one to an informational one. In this world, all entities, be they natural or artificial, are analyzed as informational entities. This book provides critical reflection to this idea, in four different areas:
Information Ethics and The Method of Levels of Abstraction
The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Information and communication technologies of the 20th century have had a significant impact on our daily lives. They have brought new opportunities as well as new challenges for human development. The Philosopher: Luciano Floridi claims that these new technologies have led to a revolutionary shift in our understanding of humanity’s nature and its role in the universe. Florodi’s philosophical analysis of new technologies leads to a novel metaphysical framework in which our understanding of the ultimate nature of reality shifts from a materialist one to an informational one. In this world, all entities, be they natural or artificial, are analyzed as informational entities. This book provides critical reflection to this idea, in four different areas:
Information Ethics and The Method of Levels of Abstraction
The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Floridi’s Information Ethics as Macro-ethics and Info-computational Agent-Based Models....Pages 3-22
Artificial Agents, Cloud Computing, and Quantum Computing: Applying Floridi’s Method of Levels of Abstraction....Pages 23-41
Levels of Abstraction and Morality....Pages 43-63
The Homo Poieticus and the Bridge Between Physis and Techne ....Pages 65-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
In the Beginning Was the Word and Then Four Revolutions in the History of Information....Pages 85-103
I Mean It! (And I Cannot Help It): Cognition and (Semantic) Information....Pages 105-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
What Happens to Infoteachers and Infostudents After the Information Turn?....Pages 125-150
Content Net Neutrality – A Critique....Pages 151-167
Information Science and Philosophy of Information: Approaches and Differences....Pages 169-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Skepticism and Information....Pages 191-200
Levels of Abstraction; Levels of Reality....Pages 201-222
The Floridian Notion of the Information Object....Pages 223-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
The Road to the Philosophy of Information....Pages 245-271
Back Matter....Pages 273-274
Information and communication technologies of the 20th century have had a significant impact on our daily lives. They have brought new opportunities as well as new challenges for human development. The Philosopher: Luciano Floridi claims that these new technologies have led to a revolutionary shift in our understanding of humanity’s nature and its role in the universe. Florodi’s philosophical analysis of new technologies leads to a novel metaphysical framework in which our understanding of the ultimate nature of reality shifts from a materialist one to an informational one. In this world, all entities, be they natural or artificial, are analyzed as informational entities. This book provides critical reflection to this idea, in four different areas:
Information Ethics and The Method of Levels of Abstraction
The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Floridi’s Information Ethics as Macro-ethics and Info-computational Agent-Based Models....Pages 3-22
Artificial Agents, Cloud Computing, and Quantum Computing: Applying Floridi’s Method of Levels of Abstraction....Pages 23-41
Levels of Abstraction and Morality....Pages 43-63
The Homo Poieticus and the Bridge Between Physis and Techne ....Pages 65-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
In the Beginning Was the Word and Then Four Revolutions in the History of Information....Pages 85-103
I Mean It! (And I Cannot Help It): Cognition and (Semantic) Information....Pages 105-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
What Happens to Infoteachers and Infostudents After the Information Turn?....Pages 125-150
Content Net Neutrality – A Critique....Pages 151-167
Information Science and Philosophy of Information: Approaches and Differences....Pages 169-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Skepticism and Information....Pages 191-200
Levels of Abstraction; Levels of Reality....Pages 201-222
The Floridian Notion of the Information Object....Pages 223-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
The Road to the Philosophy of Information....Pages 245-271
Back Matter....Pages 273-274
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