Philosophy, computing and information science. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ruth Hagengruber and Uwe V. Riss.
• Authors: Riss, Uwe V
• Editors: Hagengruber, Ruth; Riss, Uwe V
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction: Philosophy's Relevance in Computing and Information Science; Part I: Philosophy of Computing and Information; 1 The Fourth Revolution in our Self-Understanding; 2 Information Transfer as a Metaphor; 3 With Aristotle towards a Differentiated Concept of Information?; 4 The Influence of Philosophy on the Understanding of Computing and Information; Part II: Complexity and System Theory; 5 The Emergence of Self-Conscious Systems: From Symbolic AI to Embodied Robotics 6 Artificial Intelligence as a New Metaphysical ProjectPart III: Ontology; 7 The Relevance of Philosophical Ontology to Information and Computer Science; 8 Ontology, its Origins and its Meaning in Information Science; 9 Smart Questions: Steps towards an Ontology of Questions and Answers; Part IV: Knowledge Representation; 10 Sophisticated Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Requires Philosophy; 11 On Frames and Theory-Elements of Structuralism; 12 Ontological Complexity and Human Culture; Part V: Action Theory; 13 Knowledge and Action between Abstraction and Concretion 14 Action-Directing Construction of Reality in Product Creation Using Social Software: Employing Philosophy to Solve Real-World Problems15 An Action-Theory-Based Treatment of Temporal Individuals; 16 Four Rules for Classifying Social Entities; Part VI: Info-Computationalism; 17 Info-Computationalism and Philosophical Aspects of Research in Information Sciences; 18 Pancomputationalism: Theory or Metaphor?; Part VII: Ethics; 19 The Importance of the Sources of Professional Obligations; Notes; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 006.3; Ontologies (Information retrieval); Knowledge representation (Information theory); Knowledge, Theory of; Knowledge representation (Information theory); Knowledge, Theory of; Ontologies (Information retrieval); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317317555; 1317317556
• Related ISBNs: 9781317317562; 9781317317548
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: CIP data; resource not viewed.
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