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The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information

Edited by: L Floridi

Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides

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This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing.

• A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information.
• Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by leading international experts.
• Provides a complete, critical introduction to the field.
• Each chapter combines careful scholarship with an engaging writing style.
• Includes an exhaustive glossary of technical terms.
• Ideal as a course text, but also of interest to researchers and general readers.

TopTable of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Preface: Luciano Floridi
*Introduction: What is the Philosophy of Computing and Information? Luciano Floridi
Part I: Four Concepts
Part II: Computers in Society
Part III: Mind and AI
Part IV: Real and Virtual Worlds
Part V: Language and Knowledge
Part VI: Logic and Probability
Part VII: Science and Technology
*Glossary of Technical Terms
*Bibliography
Index

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TopAbout the Author

Luciano Floridi is Associate Professor of Logic and Epistemology at the University of Bari and Markle Foundation Fellow at the University of Oxford, where he is a member of the Faculty of Philosophy and of the Sub-Faculty of Computing. He is the author of Sextus Empiricus: The Recovery and Transmission of Pyrrhonism (2002), Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction (1999), Internet: An Epistemological Essay (1997), and Scepticism and the Foundation of Epistemology: A Study in the Metalogical Fallacies (1996).