Philosophical engineering : toward a philosophy of the web.

This is the first interdisciplinary exploration of the philosophical foundations of the Web, a new area of inquiry that has important implications across a range of domains. Contains twelve essays that bridge the fields of philosophy, cognitive science, and phenomenologyTackles questions such as the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2013.
Colección:Metaphilosophy series in philosophy.
Temas:
World Wide Web > Philosophy.
Internet > Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Existential phenomenology.
Web > Philosophie.
Internet > Philosophie.
Théorie de la connaissance.
Phénoménologie existentielle.
epistemology.
Existential phenomenology
Knowledge, Theory of
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1: TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF THE WEB: FOUNDATIONS AND OPEN PROBLEMS; Introduction; 1. URIs: "Artifactualization" of Proper Names; 2. Denaturalizing Ontology: Philosophical Activity Redux; 3. Open Problems of the Philosophy of the Web; 3.1. What Is the Relationship of the Philosophy of the Web to a More General Philosophy?; 3.2. Does the Web Radically Impact Metaphysics, Ontology, and Epistemology?; 3.3. Can Human Cognition and Intelligence Genuinely Be Extended by the Web?
  • 3.4. Does the Web Alter Our Domain-Specific Practices in a Manner That Demands a New Qualitative Analysis?3.5. The Future of the Philosophy of the Web; 4. Conclusion; Afterword; References; CHAPTER 2: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WEB: REPRESENTATION, ENACTION, COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE; Introduction; 1. Is Philosophy Part of Web Science?; 2. Representations and the Web; 3. Enactive Search; 4. Cognitive Extension and Collective Intelligence; 5. From the Extended Mind to the Web; 6. The Web as Collective Intelligence; 7. Conclusion; References
  • CHAPTER 3: THE WEB AS ONTOLOGY: WEB ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN REST, RESOURCES, AND RULES1. Introduction; 2. A Tale of Two Philosophies: URIs Between Proper Names and REST; 2.1. The Web Identity Crisis; 2.2. The Descriptivist Versus Rigidist Controversy; 2.3. Back to REST; 2.4. Resources as Shadows Symbolized Through Functions in REST; 3. From References to Referentialization; 3.1. Resources as Rules; 3.2. Referentialization Instead of Reference; 3.3. The Object as a Rule; 3.4. Frailty, Thy Name Is Resource; 4. Conclusion: Toward Ontological Politics; References
  • CHAPTER 4: WHAT IS A DIGITAL OBJECT?Technical Objects; Digital Objects; Not Yet a Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 5: WEB ONTOLOGIES AS RENEWAL OF CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHICAL ONTOLOGY; 1. Introduction; 2. Addresses, Reference, and Signification; 3. Floating Types and Recursive Process of Explicitation; 4. Conclusion: Points Still to Be Made Explicit; References; CHAPTER 6: BEING, SPACE, AND TIME ON THE WEB; Introduction; 1. Research Questions and Main Findings; 2. Existence in Web Space and Time; 2.1. The Facets of the Web; 2.2. Being on the Web; 2.3. Virtualization = Digitality + Linking
  • 2.4. Web Space Is the Online Network2.5. Web Time Is Bergsonian; 3. How the Web Affects Traditional Space, Time, and Being; 3.1. Space and the Web; 3.2. Time and the Web; 3.3. Being and the Web; 3.4. Discussion; References; CHAPTER 7: EVALUATING GOOGLE AS AN EPISTEMIC TOOL; 1. Knowledge and the Web; 2. The Epistemic Role of Search Engines; 3. Dimensions of Epistemic Assessment; 4. Personalisation and Objectivity; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER 8: THE WEB-EXTENDED MIND; Introduction; Cognitive Extension and the Extended Mind; Extending the Mind: Cognitive Extension and the Current Web

Ejemplares similares