The Information Society and Its Philosophy: Introduction to the Special Issue on “The Philosophy of Information, Its Nature, and Future Developments”

L. Floridi

doi:10.1080/01972240902848583

The Information Society and Its Philosophy: Introduction to the Special Issue on “The Philosophy of Information, Its Nature, and Future Developments”

L. Floridi

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The article introduces the special issue dedicated to “The Philosophy of Information, Its Nature, and Future Developments.” It outlines the origins of the information society and then briefly discusses the definition of the philosophy of information, the possibility of reconciling nature and technology, the informational turn as a fourth revolution (after Copernicus, Darwin, and Freud), and the metaphysics of the infosphere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-158
Journal	Information Society
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01972240902848583
Publication status	Published - 2009

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