فلسفه و محاسبات: مقدمه‌ای بر آن

This accessible book explores the development, history and future of Information and Communication Technology using examples from philosophy. Luciano Floridi offers both an introduction to these technologies and a philosophical analysis of the problems they pose.The book examines a wide range of areas of technology, including the digital revolution, the Web and Internet, Artificial Intelligence and CD-ROMS. We see how the relationship between philosophy and computing provokes many crucial philosophical questions. Ultimately, Philosophy and Computing outlines the what the future philosophy of information will need to undertake. Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 1 Divide et computa: philosophy and the digital environment......Page 16 2 The digital workshop......Page 35 3 A revolution called Internet......Page 71 4 The digital domain: infosphere, databases and hypertexts......Page 103 5 Artificial intelligence: a light approach......Page 147 Conclusion......Page 233 Notes......Page 239 Bibliography......Page 242 Index......Page 253 Philosophy Preliminaries 1 Contents 8 Preface 10 1 Divide et computa: philosophy and the digital environment 16 2 The digital workshop 35 3 A revolution called Internet 71 4 The digital domain: infosphere, databases and hypertexts 103 5 Artificial intelligence: a light approach 147 Conclusion 233 Notes 239 Bibliography 242 Index 253