A New Discipline in Contemporary Philosophy: The Philosophy of Information
Scientific, technological and economic revolutions are important turning points in human history. The revolutionary impact has given new content and forms to individual, social and economic actions and occurrences. Sometimes it threatened the existence of the traditional, and sometimes it intervened in the sphere of existence by changing its nature. With the developments in science and computational technologies in the 20th century, the information revolution has exposed humanity to an unprecedented impact. This revolution has led to radical changes, transformations and innovations that are not only related to technology but also affect the whole of human life. This situation raised the question of what is the context of humans with informatics and how it is reflected in human life. All these problematic developments and effects have led to the emergence of a new philosophical discipline in our age.This is the Philosophy of Information. The article is about the philosophy of information, which we classify within the contemporary philosophy, dealing with the concepts and debates of the members of the informational world in ontological, epistemological and axiological contexts such as cybernetic systems, computers, intelligent systems, computational technologies and artificial intelligence. With these motives, the general definition of the Philosophy of Information, the general framework of the discipline is revealed by including the technical and scientific foundations on which it is based, the philosophical origins and the issues of the informatics philosophy respectively.
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