UID:
almafu_9959233521802883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-67959-9
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1-134-67960-2
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0-203-01531-2
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1-280-33430-4
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0-203-15895-4
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9786610334308
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18025-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18024-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203015315
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