How to do philosophy informationally

Authors:
Gian Maria Greco;Gianluca Paronitti;Matteo Turilli;Luciano Floridi
Affiliations:
Information Ethics Group, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom;Information Ethics Group, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom;Information Ethics Group, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom;Information Ethics Group, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom
Venue:
WM'05 Proceedings of the Third Biennial conference on Professional Knowledge Management
Year:
2005

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce three methods to approach philosophical problems informationally: Minimalism, the Method of Abstraction and Constructionism. Minimalism considers the specifications of the starting problems and systems that are tractable for a philosophical analysis. The Method of Abstraction describes the process of making explicit the level of abstraction at which a system is observed and investigated. Constructionism provides a series of principles that the investigation of the problem must fulfil once it has been fully characterised by the previous two methods. For each method, we also provide an application: the problem of visual perception, functionalism, and the Turing Test, respectively.