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Philosophy and Computing explores each of the following areas of technology: the digital revolution; the computer; the Internet and the Web; CD-ROMs and Mulitmedia; databases, textbases, and hypertexts; Artificial Intelligence; the future of computing.
Luciano Floridi shows us how the relationship between philosophy and computing provokes a wide range of philosophical questions: is there a philosophy of information? What can be achieved by a classic computer? How can we define complexity? What are the limits of quantam computers? Is the Internet an intellectual space or a polluted environment? What is the paradox in the Strong Artificial Intlligence program?
Philosophy and Computing is essential reading for anyone wishing to fully understand both the development and history of information and communication technology as well as the philosophical issues it ultimately raises.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Divide et computa: Philosophy and the digital environment; Chapter 2: The digital workshop; Chapter 3: A revolution called Internet; Chapter 4: The digital domain; Chapter 5: Artificial intelligence: A light approach; Conclusion
About the author
Luciano Floridi is research fellow at Wolfson College and lecturer in philosophy at Jesus College, Oxford University.
Summary
Philosophy and Computing is the first accessible and comprehensive philosophical introduction to Information and Communication Technology.
