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

Author(s): Paweł Polak
Subject(s): Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Copernicus Center Press
Keywords: philosophy of informatics; pancomputationalism; methodology of informatics; informationistic worldview; mathematical computability of the world

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 63
  • Page Range: 77-100
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English