Towards an ontological foundation of information ethics

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 175-186

  Capurro, Rafael ^a  

^a STUTTGART MEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital agents; Digital ontology; Human existence; Information ethics; Infosphere; Metaphysics; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EXISTENCE; INFORMATION ETHICS; INFOSPHERE; METAPHYSICS; REDUCTIONISM;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PHYSICS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 33845275821     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-006-9108-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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