Putting Information First: Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Patrick Allo
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
Luciano Floridi

The Philosophy of Information, by Luciano Floridi

Mind ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 120 (480) ◽  
pp. 1247-1250
Author(s):  
H. Demir
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
Luciano Floridi

scholarly journals Prefiguring Floridi’s Theory of Semantic Information

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 388-401
Author(s):  
John Mingers
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Semantic Information ◽  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
Objective Interpretation ◽  
Luciano Floridi ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Abstract: Luciano Floridi has been very active in helping to develop both the philosophy of information as a discipline and an actual theory of the nature of semantic information. This paper has three purposes. First, to demonstrate that Floridi’s information theory was largely prefigured by work carried out by Mingers and published some ten years earlier. This is simply a matter of setting the record straight, although the degree of commonality may provide some support for the theory. Second, to point out that there appears to be a degree of equivocation, or even contradiction, within Floridi’s theory concerning the ontological status of information – is it objective, independent of the receiver, or is it subjective, constructed by the receiver from the data they access? The paper argues strongly for an objective interpretation. Third, to point out extensions to Mingers’ theory in terms of the social and pragmatic aspects of language, the processing of information into meaning through embodied cognition, and the relation between information and different forms of knowledge  

scholarly journals Scepticism in Information Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Vsevolod Ladov
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
The Real ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Luciano Floridi ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Informative Content

This article analyzes contemporary writings on the philosophy of information with special attention to the concept of informational scepticism. The author of the concept, Luciano Floridi, supposes that scepticism that arises as the result of the attempt to differentiate real and virtual objects in modern information society is epistemologically harmless, since the difference between the real and the virtual does not have any specific informative content. This article points out logical and epistemological difficulties of this theoretical viewpoint and proposes a way of overcoming them.

scholarly journals Fenomenologicko-pragmatistická interpretace hyperkonektivistického světa: k problémům filosofie informace

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Černý
Keyword(s):  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Luciano Floridi ◽  
New Framework

Against the background of the ideas of selected phenomenologists (Martin Heidegger, Jan Patočka, Jan Sokol) and pragmatist philosophers (Marc Johnson, Georg Lakoff or Antonio Damasio), the monograph reflects the phenomenon of the philosophy of information in a new framework than Luciano Floridi does. The monograph takes much more on transforming the contemporary world and its relationship to education and thought. On the example of individual sub-facets, they form a comprehensive critical reflection on how it is possible with the philosophy of information and the philosophy of education. It strives to be a clear guide to the contemporary world, which is trying to think new ways.

scholarly journals Tecno-Estados, infoesfera y tecnopolítica ¿Cómo hackear las nubes?

2020 ◽  
pp. 427-446
Author(s):  
Javier Echeverría Ezponda ◽  
Lola S. Almendros
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
Political Resistance ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Capacity To Act ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Luciano Floridi

Nuestra forma de vida está sufriendo un proceso de informatización que redefine las prácticas y relaciones de poder. En esta transformación, el Estado y el activismo tradicional han perdido capacidad de actuación y con ello poder. Para comprender esta pérdida y desarrollar nuevos modos de resistencia, es necesario entender el modo en que están configuradas las relaciones de poder: qué es y cómo se hace la política en la actualidad.La filosofía de la información de Luciano Floridi ofrece un buen marco conceptual para caracterizar esta nueva forma de vida, pero considera el proceso de informatización como una cuestión ontológica que conduce a una visión del ecosistema informacional como un entorno neutral. Esto obstaculiza la capacidad crítica de una forma de vida cuya lógica simbiótica pone en jaque la libertad. Nuestra intención es completar sus análisis desde una perspectiva axiológica y política, con el fin de caracterizar un conjunto de condiciones para el desarrollo de resistencia política efectiva en la era informacional. Our way of life is going through a process of informatization that redefines practices and power relations. In this transformation, the State and traditional activism have lost their capacity to act and, thus, their power. To realize this situation, and to be able to develop new modes of resistance, it is necessary to understand how power relations are being configured: what politics is and how it is done today.Luciano Floridi's philosophy of information offers a good conceptual framework to characterize this new way of life. But he considers the process of computerization as an ontological issue, which leads to an informational ecosystem vision as neutral environment. This hinders the critical capacity in a way of life whose logic is symbiotic and compromises freedom. Our intention is to complete his analysis from an axiological and political perspective, in order to characterize a set of conditions for the development of effective political resistance in the informational age.

scholarly journals Prefiguring Floridi’s Theory of Semantic Information

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 388-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mingers
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Semantic Information ◽  
Philosophy Of Information ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
Objective Interpretation ◽  
Luciano Floridi ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Abstract: Luciano Floridi has been very active in helping to develop both the philosophy of information as a discipline and an actual theory of the nature of semantic information. This paper has three purposes. First, to demonstrate that Floridi’s information theory was largely prefigured by work carried out by Mingers and published some ten years earlier. This is simply a matter of setting the record straight, although the degree of commonality may provide some support for the theory. Second, to point out that there appears to be a degree of equivocation, or even contradiction, within Floridi’s theory concerning the ontological status of information – is it objective, independent of the receiver, or is it subjective, constructed by the receiver from the data they access? The paper argues strongly for an objective interpretation. Third, to point out extensions to Mingers’ theory in terms of the social and pragmatic aspects of language, the processing of information into meaning through embodied cognition, and the relation between information and different forms of knowledge  

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