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This book is about the development, history, and future of information and communication technology, and it uses examples from philosophy. It examines a wide range of areas of technology, including the digital revolution, the Web, and Internet, Artificial Intelligence, and CD-ROMs. The book asks important philosophical questions about the relationship between technology and society, and it outlines the future philosophy of information needs to undertake.
This accessible book explores the development, history and future of Information and Communication Technology using examples from philosophy. Luciano Floridi offers both an introduction to these technologies and a philosophical analysis of the problems they pose. The book examines a wide range of areas of technology, including the digital revolution, the Web and Internet, Artificial Intelligence and CD-ROMS. We see how the relationship between philosophy and computing provokes many crucial philosophical questions. Ultimately, Philosophy and Computing outlines the what the future philosophy of information will need to undertake.
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