PHILOSOPHY IN THE INFORMATION AGE.
In the past, major scientific and technological revolutions, like the Copernican Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, have had profound effects, not only upon society in general, but also upon Philosophy. Today's Information Revolution is no exception. Already it has had significant impacts upo...
| Publicado en: | Metaphilosophy Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 420 - 443 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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