Luciano Floridi’s project of the philosophy of information

  • Danila G. Dabrarodni Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

Luciano Floridi is one of the leading experts in the field of modern philosophy of technology and the author of the original tetralogical project of philosophy of information. Philosophy of information is defined as a philosophical field concerned with the critical investigation of the nature and basic principles of information, as well as the application of information-computational methodologies to philosophical problems. The concept of information is the central category of ontology, all objects are represented as informational, and the system of them on the scale of the Universum is the infosphere. All information objects (animate or inanimate) are equivalent, this is the basis of the ethics of information. Evil is everything that causes the destruction of the infosphere, good is everything, which contributes to the growth of the infosphere.

Author Biography

Danila G. Dabrarodni, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (philosophy), docent; associate professor at the department of philosophy and methodology of science, faculty of philosophy and social science

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Published
2019-01-15
Keywords: philosophy of information, Luciano Floridi, the information revolution, information and communication technologies, ethics of information
How to Cite
Dabrarodni, D. G. (2019). Luciano Floridi’s project of the philosophy of information. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology, 3, 18-22. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/philosophy/article/view/1933
Issue
No 3 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology
Section
Social Philosophy

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