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UNINA9910784587603321 |
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Autore |
Floridi Luciano <1964, > |
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Titolo |
Philosophy and computing : an introduction / / Luciano Floridi |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-67959-9 |
1-134-67960-2 |
0-203-01531-2 |
1-280-33430-4 |
0-203-15895-4 |
9786610334308 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computer science - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Divide et computa: philosophy and the digital environment; 2 The digital workshop; 3 A revolution called Internet; 4 The digital domain: infosphere, databases and hypertexts; 5 Artificial intelligence: a light approach; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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