CONTENTS

pp v-vi

List of Contributors

pp vii-xii

List of Figures and Tables

pp xiii-xiv

Introduction: Philosophy's Relevance in Computing and Information Science

pp 1-18

Part I - Philosophy of Computing and Information

1 - The Fourth Revolution in our Self-Understanding

pp 19-28

2 - Information Transfer as a Metaphor

pp 29-40

3 - With Aristotle towards a Differentiated Concept of Information?

pp 41-44

4 - The Influence of Philosophy on the Understanding of Computing and Information

pp 45-56

Part II - Complexity and System Theory

5 - The Emergence of Self-Conscious Systems: From Symbolic AI to Embodied Robotics

pp 57-66

6 - Artificial Intelligence as a New Metaphysical Project

pp 67-74

Part III - Ontology

7 - The Relevance of Philosophical Ontology to Information and Computer Science

pp 75-84

8 - Ontology, its Origins and its Meaning in Information Science

pp 85-90

9 - Smart Questions: Steps towards an Ontology of Questions and Answers

pp 91-98

Part IV - Knowledge Representation

10 - Sophisticated Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Requires Philosophy

pp 99-120

11 - On Frames and Theory-Elements of Structuralism

pp 121-130

12 - Ontological Complexity and Human Culture

pp 131-144

Part V - Action Theory

13 - Knowledge and Action between Abstraction and Concretion

pp 145-168

14 - Action-Directing Construction of Reality in Product Creation Using Social Software: Employing Philosophy to Solve Real-World Problems

pp 169-178

15 - An Action-Theory-Based Treatment of Temporal Individuals

pp 179-188

16 - Four Rules for Classifying Social Entities

pp 189-200

Part VI - Info-Computationalism

17 - Info-Computationalism and Philosophical Aspects of Research in Information Sciences

pp 201-212

18 - Pancomputationalism: Theory or Metaphor?

pp 213-222

Part VII - Ethics