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Philosophical Engineering: Toward a Philosophy of the Web
Harry Halpin (Ed.)
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Description for Philosophical Engineering: Toward a Philosophy of the Web
Paperback. Philosophical Engineering represents the first interdisciplinary exploration of the philosophical foundations of the Web, a new area of inquiry with important implications across a range of domains. The twelve essays here bridge the fields of philosophy, cognitive science, and phenomenology. Editor(s): Halpin, Harry; Monnin, Alexandre. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
This is the first interdisciplinary exploration of the philosophical foundations of the Web, a new area of inquiry that has important implications across a range of domains.
- Contains twelve essays that bridge the fields of philosophy, cognitive science, and phenomenology
- Tackles questions such as the impact of Google on intelligence and epistemology, the philosophical status of digital objects, ethics on the Web, semantic and ontological changes caused by the Web, and the potential of the Web to serve as a genuine cognitive extension
- Brings together insightful new scholarship from well-known analytic and continental philosophers, such as Andy Clark and Bernard Stiegler, as well ... Read more
- Includes an interview with Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Metaphilosophy
Condition
New
Weight
286g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118700181
SKU
V9781118700181
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Ref
99-50
About Harry Halpin (Ed.)
Harry Halpin is Postdoctoral Associate with the World Wide Web Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Visiting Researcher at the Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation du Centre Pompidou, France, as part of a European Commission–funded Marie Curie PHILOWEB project. His research interests range from the complex dynamics of tagging to the philosophical foundations of Anonymous. He is ... Read more
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