The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of

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.

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).

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

Part I: Four Concepts:.

1. B. Jack Copeland, Computation.

2. Alasdair Urquhart, Complexity.

3. Klaus Mainzer, System: An Introduction to Systems Science.

4. Luciano Floridi, Information.

Part II: Computers in Society:.

5. Deborah G Johnson, Computer Ethics.

6. Charles Ess, Computer-mediated Communication and Human–Computer Interaction.

7. Wesley Cooper, Internet Culture.

8. Dominic McIver Lopes, Digital Art.

Part III: Mind and AI:.

9. James H.Fetzer, The Philosophy of AI and its Critique.

10. Brian P. McLaughlin, Computationalism, Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind.

Part IV: Real and Virtual Worlds:.

11. Barry Smith, Ontology.

12. Derek Stanovsky, Virtual Reality.

13. Eric Steinhart, The Physics of Information.

14. Roberto Cordeschi, Cybernetics.

15. Mark A. Bedau, Artificial Life.

Part V: Language and Knowledge:.

16.Jonathan Cohen, Information and Content.

17. Fred Adams, Knowledge.

18. Graham White, The Philosophy of Computer Languages.

19. Thierry Bardini, Hypertext.

Part VI: Logic and Probability:.

20. G. Aldo Antonelli, Logic.

21. Donald Gillies, Probability in Artificial Intelligence.

22. Cristina Bicchieri, Game Theory: Nash Equilibrium.

Part VII: Science and Technology:.

23. Paul Thagard, Computing in the Philosophy of Science.

24. Timothy Colburn, Methodology of Computer Science.

25. Carl Mitcham, Philosophy of Information Technology.

26. Patrick Grim, Computational Modeling as a Philosophical Methodology.

Index.

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The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information

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