Philosophy and computing : an introduction / / Luciano Floridi
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| Autore: |
Floridi Luciano <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Philosophy and computing : an introduction / / Luciano Floridi
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 004/.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Computer science - Philosophy |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Philosophy and computing |
| ISBN: | 1-134-67959-9 |
| 1-134-67960-2 | |
| 0-203-01531-2 | |
| 1-280-33430-4 | |
| 0-203-15895-4 | |
| 9786610334308 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812272903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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