The Philosophy of Information

• A new, fast-growing subject
• The first comprehensive treatment
• Written by the leading figure in the field
• Promises to be the book that defines the subject

Readership: Scholars and advanced students of philosophy, computer science, cognitive science, and related disciplines.

Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire/University of Oxford

"the non-technical portions are understandable to everyone and provide plenty of food for thought." - Steven Harnad, Times Literary Supplement

Preface
1: What is the Philosophy of Information?
2: Open Problems in the Philosophy of Information
3: The Method of Levels of Abstraction
4: Semantic Information and the Veridicality Thesis
5: Outline of a Theory of Strongly Semantic Information
6: The Symbol Grounding Problem
7: Action-Based Semantics
8: Semantic Information and the Correctness Theory of Truth
9: The Logical Unsolvability of the Gettier Problem
10: The Logic of Being Informed
11: Understanding Epistemic Relevance
12: Semantic Information and the Network Theory of Account
13: Consciousness, Agents and the Knowledge Game
14: Against Digital Ontology
15: A Defence of Informational Structural Realism
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