| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 405 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
What is the philosophy of information?. -- Open problems in the philosophy of information -- The method of levels of abstraction -- Semantic information and the veridicality thesis -- Outline of a theory of strongly semantic information -- The symbol grounding problem -- Action-based semantics -- Semantic information and the correctness theory of truth -- The logical unsolvability of the Gettier problem -- The logic of being informed -- Understanding epistemic relevance -- Semantic information and the network theory of account -- Consciousness, agents, and the knowledge game -- Against digital ontology -- A defense of informational structural realism |
| Summary |
Luciano Floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information - the study of the nature of information and the development of information-theoretic and computational methodologies for philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Information science -- Philosophy
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
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Information science -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191655647 |
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0191655643 |
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6613950270 |
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9786613950277 |
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1283637812 |
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9781283637817 |
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9780191594809 |
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0191594806 |
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0199232393 |
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9780199232390 |
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