Dear FISers: The relation between science and philosophy deeply relies on whether the related philosophy is understood as philosophia-prima (in the sense of Aristotle) or as philosophia-ultima (in the sense of Theunissen). If we rely on the latter is needless establishing a clear boundary; philosophy must be regarded as a science...
We argued on this distinction in relation to Floridi's approach, in a couple of publications collected in BITagora about one year ago: http://bitrumagora.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/the-philosophy-of-information-floridi-lays-down-foundations-of-the-new-field/ http://bitrumagora.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/rainer-zimmerman/ Kind regads, J.M. 2013/2/7 <fis-requ...@listas.unizar.es> > Send fis mailing list submissions to > fis@listas.unizar.es > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fis-requ...@listas.unizar.es > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fis-ow...@listas.unizar.es > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of fis digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Science, Philosophy and Information. An Alternative Relation > (joe.bren...@bluewin.ch) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:36:42 +0000 (GMT+00:00) > From: "joe.bren...@bluewin.ch" <joe.bren...@bluewin.ch> > Subject: [Fis] Science, Philosophy and Information. An Alternative > Relation > To: Pedro Clemente Marijuan Fernandez <pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>, > fis@listas.unizar.es, John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> > Message-ID: <6043399.89641360255002322.javamail.webm...@bluewin.ch> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- > Von: colli...@ukzn.ac.za > Datum: 04.02.2013 18:57 > An: "fis"<fis@listas.unizar.es> > Betreff: [Fis] Society for the Philosophy of Information > > http://www.socphilinfo.org/ > > > ---------- > Professor John Collier > colli...@ukzn.ac.za > Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041 South > Africa > T: +27 (31) 260 3248 / 260 2292 F: +27 (31) 260 3031 > <http://web.ncf.ca/collier>http://web.ncf<http://web.ncf.ca/collier > >.ca/collier > > _______________________________________________ > fis mailing list > fis@listas.unizar.es > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://webmail.unizar.es/pipermail/fis/attachments/20130207/e66d4f1c/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > fis mailing list > fis@listas.unizar.es > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > > End of fis Digest, Vol 568, Issue 6 > *********************************** > > -- Dr. Jose Maria Diaz Nafria Visiting Professor at the *Hochschule München* (HM, Germany, http://www.fh-muenchen.de/) Postal Adress: Fakultät 13-Studium Generale, Dachauerstr. 100A, 80663 München, GERMANY *Universidad de León *(ULE, Spain, http://www.unileon.es/) Postal address: Esc.de Ingenierías Industrial e Informática, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071 Leon, SPAIN Coordination of *BITrum* Research Group (http://bitrum.unileon.es/) Coordination of *Glossarium BITri* (http://glossarium.bitrum.unileon.es/) Coordination of *DomusBITae* initiative ( http://stylusbitae.bitrum.unileon.es/) *myUniversity* research team (http://www.e-myuniversity.eu/ule/) Board of Director, Institut für Design Science (IfDS, Munich, Germany, http://www.designscience.de/) Board of Directors, *Science of Information Institute* (SoII, Washington, USA, http://www.soii.info/) Board of Directors, *International Society for Information Studies* (ISIS, Vienna, Austria, http://is4is.unileon.es/) *Unified Theory of Information* Research Group (UTI, Austria, http://www.uti.at/) Editorial Board, *TripleC* Journal (http://www.triple-c.at) Editorial Board, *IRIE* Journal (http://www.i-r-i-e.net) Tf: HM (Germany): +49 89 1265 3110; ULE (Spain): +34 987 091630; Fax: +34 987 29 11 35; +34 657 516306 Skype: Jose Maria Diaz Nafria, jnafria
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