I am the oiis professor of philosophy and ethics of information at the university of oxford, where i am also the director of the digital ethics lab of the oxford internet institute, and professorial fellow of exeter college. The cambridge handbook of information and computer ethics. A very short introduction explores the concept of information, central to modern science and society, from thermodynamics and dna to our use of the mobile phone and the internet. Still in oxford, he is distinguished research fellow. It moves from a brief look at the mathematical roots of information its definition. Luciano floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information. Simon lecture of computing and philosophy i gave at carnegie mellon. Considers concepts such as infoglut too much information to process and the emergence of an information society. In this very short introduction, one of the worlds leading authorities on the philosophy of information and on information ethics, luciano floridi, offers an illuminating exploration of. In this very short introduction, one of the world s leading authorities on the. Luciano floridi, author luciano floridi is the professor of philosophy and ethics of information at the oxford internet institute, and a fellow of st cross college.
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In this book, luciano floridi clearly makes an earnest effort to navigate. Information, written for the very short introduction series hereafter ivsi, and the dense, detailed, and ambitiously titled the philosophy of information hereafter pi. The expression digital wellbeing refers in this article to the impact of digital technologies on what it means to live a life that is good for a human being in an information society floridi. The cambridge handbook of information and computer ethics, first published in 2010, provides an ambitious and authoritative introduction to the field, with discussions of a range of topics including privacy, ownership, freedom of speech, responsibility, technological determinism, the digital divide, cyber warfare, and online pornography. For those who follow floridi s work, these publications were an overdue treat. A very short introduction explores the concept of information, central to modern science and society, from thermodynamics and dna to our use of the mobile phone. Luciano floridi is the professor of philosophy and ethics of information and director of the digital ethics lab at the university of oxford his work combines a theoretical perspective of logic and epistemology on the one hand he was trained as an analytic language philosopher, with a technical perspective based on computer science and information technology on the other. We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what information is. Philosophy of science a very short introduction gets free book. Explores a concept that is central to modern science and society, from thermodynamics and.
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