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The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information Hardback - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Luciano Floridi (Editor)

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This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing.A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by leading international experts. Provides a complete, critical introduction to the field. Each chapter combines careful scholarship with an engaging writing style. Includes an exhaustive glossary of technical terms. Ideal as a course text, but also of interest to researchers and general readers.

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This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing.

  • A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information.
  • Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by leading international experts.
  • Provides a complete, critical introduction to the field.
  • Each chapter combines careful scholarship with an engaging writing style.
  • Includes an exhaustive glossary of technical terms.
  • Ideal as a course text, but also of interest to researchers and general readers.

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  • Title The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information
  • Author Luciano Floridi (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publication date October 1, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780631229186 / 0631229183
  • Weight 1.86 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 7 x 1.34 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 3.40 cm)
  • Category Philosophy
  • Library of Congress subjects Computer science - Philosophy, Information technology - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003045339
  • Dewey Decimal Code 004.01

About the author

Luciano Floridi is Associate Professor of Logic and Epistemology at the University of Bari and Markle Foundation Fellow at the University of Oxford, where he is a member of the Faculty of Philosophy and of the Sub-Faculty of Computing. He is the author of Sextus Empiricus: The Recovery and Transmission of Pyrrhonism (2002), Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction (1999), Internet: An Epistemological Essay (1997), and Scepticism and the Foundation of Epistemology: A Study in the Metalogical Fallacies (1996).

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