Philosophy in the Information Age

In Armen T. Marsoobian, Brian J. Huschle, Eric Cavallero & Patrick Allo (eds.), Putting Information First. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 171–193 (2011-04-22)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Two Philosophers of the Information Age Wiener's Role in the Birth of the Information Revolution Wiener on the Nature of the Universe Digital Physics Human Nature Artificial Agents Wiener on Society in the Information Age The Philosophy of Information: Floridi's Ambitious Project Floridi on the Nature and Goodness of the Universe Artificial Agents and Ethics Human Nature and the Information Society Concluding Remarks: Comparing Wiener and Floridi Acknowledgments References.

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epilogue ‐ philosophy in the information age   “Information Age” ‐ experiencing an “Information Revolution”   interaction of philosophy ‐ with the information revolution   Wiener's role in the birth of the information revolution   Wiener, focusing his attention and energy ‐ social and ethical implications of “cybernetics”   Wiener, intent on making ‐ new contributions to Philosophy   human beings, viewed as fundamentally informational ‐ as other physical entities   cybernetics, taking the view ‐ that structure of machine, being an index of performance   Wiener on society in information age ‐ communities and societies, second‐order cybernetic systems   Floridi on nature and goodness of the universe ‐ “constructionist,” ultimate reality being unknowable, a “black box”

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9781444396836   9781444338676

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10.1002/9781444396836.ch11

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