Open problems in the philosophy of information

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 554-582

  Floridi, Luciano ^a  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Computer ethics; David Hubert; Herbert Simon; Information; Information theory; Knowledge; Philosophy of information; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242554916     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2004.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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