Current perspectives on the development of the philosophy of informatics (with a special regard to some Polish philosophers)

This article is an overview of the philosophy of informatics with a special regard to some Polish philosophers. It juxtaposes the informationistic worldview with the long-prevailing mechanical conceptualization of nature before introducing the metaphysical perspective of the information revolution i...

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Main Author:	Paweł Polak
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Copernicus Center Press 2017-12-01
Series:	Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
Subjects:	philosophy of informatics pancomputationalism methodology of informatics informationistic worldview mathematical computability of the world
Online Access:	http://zfn.edu.pl/index.php/zfn/article/view/405

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spelling	doaj-c993639dd4bb48c6a4c45780649a91592020-11-25T01:46:55ZdeuCopernicus Center PressZagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce0867-82862451-06022017-12-016377100395Current perspectives on the development of the philosophy of informatics (with a special regard to some Polish philosophers)Paweł Polak0Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Faculty of Philosophy; Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary StudiesThis article is an overview of the philosophy of informatics with a special regard to some Polish philosophers. It juxtaposes the informationistic worldview with the long-prevailing mechanical conceptualization of nature before introducing the metaphysical perspective of the information revolution in sciences. The article shows also how ontic pancomputationalism – regarded as an update to structural realism – could enrich the philosophical research in some classical topics. The paper concludes with a discussion of the philosophy of Jan Salamucha, a philosopher from the Cracow Circle (1903–1944) whose ideas could be inspiring for today’s philosophy of informatics in Cracow.http://zfn.edu.pl/index.php/zfn/article/view/405philosophy of informaticspancomputationalismmethodology of informaticsinformationistic worldviewmathematical computability of the world
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title	Current perspectives on the development of the philosophy of informatics (with a special regard to some Polish philosophers)
title_short	Current perspectives on the development of the philosophy of informatics (with a special regard to some Polish philosophers)
title_full	Current perspectives on the development of the philosophy of informatics (with a special regard to some Polish philosophers)
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publisher	Copernicus Center Press
series	Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
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description	This article is an overview of the philosophy of informatics with a special regard to some Polish philosophers. It juxtaposes the informationistic worldview with the long-prevailing mechanical conceptualization of nature before introducing the metaphysical perspective of the information revolution in sciences. The article shows also how ontic pancomputationalism – regarded as an update to structural realism – could enrich the philosophical research in some classical topics. The paper concludes with a discussion of the philosophy of Jan Salamucha, a philosopher from the Cracow Circle (1903–1944) whose ideas could be inspiring for today’s philosophy of informatics in Cracow.
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Current perspectives on the development of the philosophy of informatics (with a special regard to some Polish philosophers)

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