Philosophy, Computing and Information Science (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hagengruber, Ruth; Riss, Uwe

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last four decades computers and the internet have become an intrinsic part of all our lives, but this speed of development has left related philosophical enquiry behind. Featuring the work of computer scientists and philosophers, these essays provide an overview of an exciting new area of philosophy that is still taking shape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317317562
• Artikelnr.: 43437326

Autorenporträt

Ruth Hagengruber (University of Paderborn, Germany) (Edited by) Uwe Riss (SAP Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland) (Edited by)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Philosophy's Relevance in Computing and Information Science
Ruth Hagengruber and Uwe V Riss Part I: Philosophy of Computing and Information 1 The Fourth Revolution in our Self
Understanding
Luciano Floridi 2 Information Transfer as a Metaphor
Jakob Krebs 3 With Aristotle towards a Differentiated Concept of Information?
Uwe Voigt 4 The Influence of Philosophy on the Understanding of Computing and Information
Klaus Fuchs
Kittowski Part II: Complexity and System Theory 5 The Emergence of Self
Conscious Systems: From Symbolic AI to Embodied Robotics
Klaus Mainzer 6 Artificial Intelligence as a New Metaphysical Project
Aziz F Zambak Part III: Ontology 7 The Relevance of Philosophical Ontology to Information and Computer Science
Barry Smith 8 Ontology, its Origins and its Meaning in Information Science
Jens Kohne 9 Smart Questions: Steps towards an Ontology of Questions and Answers
Ludwig Jaskolla and Matthias Rugel Part IV: Knowledge Representation 10 Sophisticated Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Requires Philosophy
Selmer Bringsjord, Micah Clark and Joshua Taylor 11 On Frames and Theory
Elements of Structuralism
Holger Andreas 12 Ontological Complexity and Human Culture
David J Saab and Frederico Fonseca Part V: Action Theory 13 Knowledge and Action Between Abstraction and Concretion
Uwe V Riss 14 Action
Directing Construction of Reality in Product Creation Using Social Software: Employing Philosophy to Solve Real
World Problems
Kai Holzweissig and Jens Kruger 15 An Action
Theory Based Treatment of Temporal Individuals
Tillmann Pross 16 Four Rules for Classifying Social Entities
Ludger Jansen Part VI: Info
Computationalism 17 Info
Computationalism and Philosophical Aspects of Research in Information Sciences
Gordana Dodig
Crnkovic 18 Pancomputationalism: Theory or Metaphor?
Vincent C Muller Part VII: Ethics 19 The Importance of the Sources of Professional Obligations
Francis Dane