The value of information as ontological pluralism

Massimo Durante

pp. 149-161

in: Hilmi Demir (ed), Luciano Floridi's philosophy of technology, Knowledge, Technology & Policy 23, 2010.

Abstract

In my paper I will focus my attention on some philosophical aspects of the Information Ethics displayed by Luciano Floridi. Floridi's Information Ethics has the methodological merit of providing the interpretation of the Informational Turn with a solid philosophical basis, the roots of which deserve a careful investigation. In this perspective, I will analyse a key question, which is essential not only from a theoretical but also from a practical (moral, political and legal) point of view, i.e. whether or not Floridi's construction of information is consistent with a pluralistic conception of Being.

Cited authors

Floridi Luciano