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

Floridi, L. (2009) The Information Society and Its Philosophy: Introduction to the Special Issue on “The Philosophy of Information, Its Nature, and Future Developments”. Information Society, 25 (3). pp. 153-158. ISSN 0197-2243
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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.
Item Type Article
Identification Number 10.1080/01972240902848583
Additional information Original article can be found at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713669588~db=all Copyright Informa / Taylor and Francis Group
Keywords fourth revolution, infosphere
Date Deposited 15 May 2025 12:06
Last Modified 18 Feb 2026 19:56

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