CyberPhilosophy The Intersection of Philosophy and Computing

by Moor, James H.; Bynum, Terrell Ward

• ISBN13: 9781405100731
• ISBN10: 1405100737
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This cutting edge volume provides an overview of the dynamic new field of cyberphilosophy - the intersection of philosophy and computing. Offers an overview of the latest developments in the dynamic new field of cyberphilosophy. Shows how computing is influencing all major areas of philosophy, and vice versa. Comprises a selection of newly written articles by international scholars. Articles are organised around five standard philosophical themes - minds, agency, reality, communication and ethics. Can be used alongside its sister volume, The Digital Phoenix as the basis for a course..

Author Biography

James H. Moor is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. He developed early computer programs to teach symbolic logic and is the co-author of ‘The Logic Book' (1998). He has been Chair of the American Philosophical Association Committee on Philosophy and Computing and a Fellow at the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project. He is co-editor of the journal Minds and Machines and a member of the editorial board for the journal Ethics and Information Technology. He is currently President of the Society for Machines and Mentality.

Terrell Ward Bynum is Director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University. He has been Chair of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the Association for Computing Machinery and Chair of the Committee on Philosophy and Computing of the American Philosophical Association. For 25 years, he was Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Metaphilosophy. His previous publications include books, articles, video programs and CD-ROMs in applied philosophy, philosophical psychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy of mathematics, metaphilosophy and the teaching of philosophy.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Cyberphilosophy	1	(7)
James H. Moor
Terrell Ward Bynum
Minds and Computers
Synthetic Neuroethology	8	(18)
Pete Mandik
Computer Modeling and the Fate of Folk Psychology	26	(19)
John A. Barker
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Pedagogical Technique	45	(21)
Marvin Croy
Phenomenology and Artificial Intelligence	66	(12)
Anthony F. Beavers
Agency and Computers
Adaptable Robots	78	(15)
Gene Korienek
William Uzgalis
A Radical Notion of Embeddedness: A Logically Necessary Precondition for Agency and Self-Awareness	93	(11)
Susan Stuart
Building Simple Mechanical Minds: Using LEGO® Robots for Research and Teaching in Philosophy	104	(13)
John P. Sullins
Reality and Computers
What Is the Philosophy of Information?	117	(22)
Luciano Floridi
The Substantive Impact of Computers on Philosophy: Prolegomena to a Computational and Information-Theoretic Metaphysics	139	(12)
Randall R. Dipert
Computation and Causation	151	(22)
Richard Scheines
Communication and Computers
Philosophy for Computers: Some Explorations in Philosophical Modeling	173	(28)
Patrick Grim
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: A Developed Dynamic Reference Work	201	(18)
Colin Allen
Uri Nodelman
Edward N. Zalta
Cultures in Collision: Philosophical Lessons from Computer-Mediated Communication	219	(24)
Charles Ess
Computer Ethics
Heuristic Methods for Computer Ethics	243	(27)
Walter Maner
Lilliputian Computer Ethics	270	(9)
John Weckert
Deontic Logic and Computer-Supported Computer Ethics	279	(10)
Jeroen Van Den Hoven
Gert-Jan Lokhorst
Notes on Contributors	289	(6)
Index	295