Dear FIS Colleagues,
The formation of the the Society for the Philosophy of Information at the
University of Hertfordshire is announced in the link in John's note. It
includes the announcement and Call for Papers of the International Conference
on the Philosophy of Information to be held in Xi'An, China in October, 2013,
sponsored by both the above Society, led by Professor Luciano Floridi and the
Institute for the Philosophy of Information in Xi'An under the direction of
Professor Wu Kun.
This increased activity in the area of the philosophy of information (another
major Workshop is planned this Spring) raises the issue of the relation between
the science and philosophy of information as well as of the philosophy of
science. I am aware of and agree with the position expressed by Pedro that
information science in the FIS framework should emphasize scientific research
in the sense of knowledge that is quantifiable and/or provable. However, I do
not believe that either he or others of you intend to exclude rigorous
qualitative knowledge, especially as it concerns the dual nature of
information.
The ubiquitous presence of information in all disciplines, as emphasized by Wu,
suggests an alternative relation linking philosophy, science and information
that is NOT one of simple hierarchical inclusion or possession ("of"). One
possibility is to say that it is information that links philosophy and science,
but this formulation perhaps fails to recognize the general properties of the
latter two.
Another possibility is to say that each of the three nominally independent
disciplines are not independent, but that each provides a dynamic ontological
and epistemological link to the other two, more or less strong or "actual"
depending on the extent to which one wishes to emphasize certain aspects of
knowledge.
I look forward to your comments regarding the pros and cons of such a
conception. Thank you.
Best wishes,
Joseph
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Datum: 04.02.2013 18:57
An: "fis"<[email protected]>
Betreff: [Fis] Society for the Philosophy of Information
http://www.socphilinfo.org/
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Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041 South Africa
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