Philosophy, Computing and Information Science

Introduction: Philosophy's Relevance in Computing and Information Science - Ruth Hagengruber and Uwe V Riss Part I: Philosophy of Computing and Information 1 The Fourth Revolution in our Self-Understanding - Luciano Floridi 2 Information Transfer as a Metaphor - Jakob Krebs 3 With Aristotle towards a Differentiated Concept of Information? - Uwe Voigt 4 The Influence of Philosophy on the Understanding of Computing and Information - Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski Part II: Complexity and System Theory 5 The Emergence of Self-Conscious Systems: From Symbolic AI to Embodied Robotics - Klaus Mainzer 6 Artificial Intelligence as a New Metaphysical Project - Aziz F Zambak Part III: Ontology 7 The Relevance of Philosophical Ontology to Information and Computer Science - Barry Smith 8 Ontology, its Origins and its Meaning in Information Science - Jens Kohne 9 Smart Questions: Steps towards an Ontology of Questions and Answers - Ludwig Jaskolla and Matthias Rugel Part IV: Knowledge Representation 10 Sophisticated Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Requires Philosophy - Selmer Bringsjord, Micah Clark and Joshua Taylor 11 On Frames and Theory-Elements of Structuralism - Holger Andreas 12 Ontological Complexity and Human Culture - David J Saab and Frederico Fonseca Part V: Action Theory 13 Knowledge and Action Between Abstraction and Concretion - Uwe V Riss 14 Action-Directing Construction of Reality in Product Creation Using Social Software: Employing Philosophy to Solve Real-World Problems - Kai Holzweissig and Jens Kruger 15 An Action-Theory Based Treatment of Temporal Individuals - Tillmann Pross 16 Four Rules for Classifying Social Entities - Ludger Jansen Part VI: Info-Computationalism 17 Info-Computationalism and Philosophical Aspects of Research in Information Sciences - Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic 18 Pancomputationalism: Theory or Metaphor? - Vincent C Muller Part VII: Ethics 19 The Importance of the Sources of Professional Obligations - Francis Dane