The 4th Revolution: How the Infosphere Is Reshaping Human Reality (Hardback or Cased Book)

Floridi, Luciano

ISBN 10: 0199606722 / ISBN 13: 9780199606726

Published by Oxford University Press (UK) 9/1/2014, 2014

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• Title: The 4th Revolution: How the Infosphere Is Reshaping Human Reality (Hardback or Cased Book)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK) 9/1/2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199606722
• ISBN 13: 9780199606726
• Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Argues that we may be witnessing a 'fourth revolution', in which our perception of ourselves is altered by these information technologies, which are creating and transforming our realities.

About the Author

Luciano Floridi is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, and Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. Among his recognitions, he has been appointed the Gauss Professor by the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, and is recipient of the APA's Barwise Prize, the IACAP's Covey Award, and the INSEIT's Weizenbaum Award. He is an AISB and BCS Fellow, Editor in Chief of Philosophy & Technology and of the Synthese Library, and was Chairman of EU Commission's 'Onlife' research group. His most recent books are: The Ethics of Information (OUP, 2013), The Philosophy of Information (OUP, 2011), Information: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2010), and The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (CUP, 2010).