The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information [Paperback]

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• A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information.
  
• Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by leading international experts.
  
• Provides a complete, critical introduction to the field.
  
• Each chapter combines careful scholarship with an engaging writing style.
  
• Includes an exhaustive glossary of technical terms.
  
• Ideal as a course text, but also of interest to researchers and general readers.

Preface.

Part I: Four Concepts:.

1. B. Jack Copeland, Computation.

2. Alasdair Urquhart, Complexity.

3. Klaus Mainzer, System: An Introduction to Systems Science.

4. Luciano Floridi, Information.

Part II: Computers in Society:.

5. Deborah G Johnson, Computer Ethics.

6. Charles Ess, Computer-mediated Communication and Human–Computer Interaction.

7. Wesley Cooper, Internet Culture.

8. Dominic McIver Lopes, Digital Art.

Part III: Mind and AI:.

9. James H.Fetzer, The Philosophy of AI and its Critique.

10. Brian P. McLaughlin, Computationalism, Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind.

Part IV: Real and Virtual Worlds:.

11. Barry Smith, Ontology.

12. Derek Stanovsky, Virtual Reality.

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