CyberPhilosophy The Intersection of

This cutting edge volume provides an overview of the dynamic new field of cyberphilosophy - the intersection of philosophy and computing. Offers an overview of the latest developments in the dynamic new field of cyberphilosophy. Shows how computing is influencing all major areas of philosophy, and vice versa. Comprises a selection of newly written articles by international scholars. Articles are organised around five standard philosophical themes - minds, agency, reality, communication and ethics. Can be used alongside its sister volume, The Digital Phoenix as the basis for a course..

James H. Moor is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. He developed early computer programs to teach symbolic logic and is the co-author of ‘The Logic Book' (1998). He has been Chair of the American Philosophical Association Committee on Philosophy and Computing and a Fellow at the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project. He is co-editor of the journal Minds and Machines and a member of the editorial board for the journal Ethics and Information Technology. He is currently President of the Society for Machines and Mentality.

Terrell Ward Bynum is Director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University. He has been Chair of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the Association for Computing Machinery and Chair of the Committee on Philosophy and Computing of the American Philosophical Association. For 25 years, he was Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Metaphilosophy. His previous publications include books, articles, video programs and CD-ROMs in applied philosophy, philosophical psychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy of mathematics, metaphilosophy and the teaching of philosophy.

Introduction to Cyberphilosophy

1

(7)

James H. Moor

Terrell Ward Bynum

Minds and Computers

Synthetic Neuroethology

8

(18)

Pete Mandik

Computer Modeling and the Fate of Folk Psychology

26

(19)

John A. Barker

Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Pedagogical Technique

45

(21)

Marvin Croy

Phenomenology and Artificial Intelligence

66

(12)

Anthony F. Beavers

Agency and Computers

Adaptable Robots

78

(15)

Gene Korienek

William Uzgalis

A Radical Notion of Embeddedness: A Logically Necessary Precondition for Agency and Self-Awareness

93

(11)

Susan Stuart

Building Simple Mechanical Minds: Using LEGO® Robots for Research and Teaching in Philosophy

104

(13)

John P. Sullins

Reality and Computers

What Is the Philosophy of Information?

117

(22)

Luciano Floridi

The Substantive Impact of Computers on Philosophy: Prolegomena to a Computational and Information-Theoretic Metaphysics

139

(12)

Randall R. Dipert

Computation and Causation

151

(22)

Richard Scheines

Communication and Computers

Philosophy for Computers: Some Explorations in Philosophical Modeling

173

(28)

Patrick Grim

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: A Developed Dynamic Reference Work

201

(18)

Colin Allen

Uri Nodelman

Edward N. Zalta

Cultures in Collision: Philosophical Lessons from Computer-Mediated Communication

219

(24)

Charles Ess

Computer Ethics

Heuristic Methods for Computer Ethics

243

(27)

Walter Maner

Lilliputian Computer Ethics

270

(9)

John Weckert

Deontic Logic and Computer-Supported Computer Ethics

279

(10)

Jeroen Van Den Hoven

Gert-Jan Lokhorst

Notes on Contributors

289

(6)

Index

295

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CyberPhilosophy The Intersection of Philosophy and Computing

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