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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784587603321

Autore

Floridi Luciano <1964, >

Titolo

Philosophy and computing : an introduction / / Luciano Floridi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-67959-9

1-134-67960-2

0-203-01531-2

1-280-33430-4

0-203-15895-4

9786610334308

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

004/.01

Soggetti

Computer science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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