What is the Philosophy of Information?
Computational and information-theoretic research in philosophy has become increasingly fertile and pervasive, giving rise to a wealth of interesting results. In consequence, a new and vitally important field has emerged, the philosophy of information (PI). This essay is the first attempt to analyse...
| Publicado en: | Metaphilosophy Vol. 33; no. 1/2; pp. 123 - 146 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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