Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Information Ethics and the Method of Levels of Abstraction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. Information Ethics and The Method of Levels of Abstraction

   1. Floridi’s Information Ethics as Macro-ethics and Info-computational Agent-Based Models

      • Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

      Pages 3-22

   2. Artificial Agents, Cloud Computing, and Quantum Computing: Applying Floridi’s Method of Levels of Abstraction

      • M. J. Wolf, F. S. Grodzinsky, K. W. Miller

      Pages 23-41

   3. Levels of Abstraction and Morality

      • Richard Lucas

      Pages 43-63

   4. The Homo Poieticus and the Bridge Between Physis and Techne

      • Federica Russo

      Pages 65-81

4. The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. In the Beginning Was the Word and Then Four Revolutions in the History of Information

      • Anthony F. Beavers

      Pages 85-103

   3. I Mean It! (And I Cannot Help It): Cognition and (Semantic) Information

      • Valeria Giardino

      Pages 105-122

5. Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. What Happens to Infoteachers and Infostudents After the Information Turn?

      • Elena Pasquinelli

      Pages 125-150

   3. Content Net Neutrality – A Critique

      • Raphael Cohen-Almagor

      Pages 151-167

   4. Information Science and Philosophy of Information: Approaches and Differences

      • Armando Malheiro da Silva, Fernanda Ribeiro

      Pages 169-187

6. Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Skepticism and Information

      • Eric T. Kerr, Duncan Pritchard

      Pages 191-200

   3. Levels of Abstraction; Levels of Reality

      • Joseph E. Brenner

      Pages 201-222

   4. The Floridian Notion of the Information Object

      • Steve T. McKinlay

      Pages 223-241

7. Replies by Floridi

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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8. Part 5

   1. The Road to the Philosophy of Information

      • Luciano Floridi

      Pages 245-271

9. Back Matter

   Pages 273-274

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Information and communication technologies of the 20th century have had a significant impact on our daily lives. They have brought new opportunities as well as new challenges for human development. The Philosopher: Luciano Floridi claims that these new technologies have led to a revolutionary shift in our understanding of humanity’s nature and its role in the universe. Florodi’s philosophical analysis of new technologies leads to a novel metaphysical framework in which our understanding of the ultimate nature of reality shifts from a materialist one to an informational one. In this world, all entities, be they natural or artificial, are analyzed as informational entities. This book provides critical reflection to this idea, in four different areas:  Information Ethics and The Method of Levels of Abstraction The Information Revolution and Alternative Categorizations of Technological Advancements Applications: Education, Internet and Information Science Epistemic and Ontic Aspects of the Philosophy of Information

• Information ethics
• Information revolution
• Informational ontology
• Luciano Floridi
• Philosophy of Information
• levels of abstraction

• Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey

  Hilmi Demir

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