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'''Luciano Floridi''' ({{IPA-it|floˈriːdi|lang}}; born 16 November 1964) is an [[Italian people|Italian]] and [[British people|British]] [[philosopher]]. He holds a double appointment as professor of philosophy and ethics of information at the [[University of Oxford]], [[Oxford Internet Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=327 |title=OII: Luciano Floridi |publisher=www.oii.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2013-09-14}}</ref> where is also Governing Body Fellow of [[Exeter College, Oxford]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/people/luciano-floridi/|title=Exeter College, Oxford: Luciano Floridi |publisher=www.exeter.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2018-02-23}}</ref> and as Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the [[University of Bologna]], Department of Legal Studies,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/luciano.floridi/en |title=Luciano Floridi, Full Professor |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref> where he is the director of the Centre for Digital Ethics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centri.unibo.it/digital-ethics/en/ |title=Centre for Digital Ethics |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref> He is adjunct professor ("distinguished scholar in residence"), Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C.
'''Luciano Floridi''' ({{IPA-it|floˈriːdi|lang}}; born 16 November 1964) is an [[Italian people|Italian]] and [[British people|British]] [[philosopher]]. He holds a double appointment as professor of philosophy and ethics of information at the [[University of Oxford]], [[Oxford Internet Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=327 |title=OII: Luciano Floridi |publisher=www.oii.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2013-09-14}}</ref> where is also Governing Body Fellow of [[Exeter College, Oxford]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/people/luciano-floridi/|title=Exeter College, Oxford: Luciano Floridi |publisher=www.exeter.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2018-02-23}}</ref> and as Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the [[University of Bologna]], Department of Legal Studies,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/luciano.floridi/en |title=Luciano Floridi, Full Professor |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref> where he is the director of the Centre for Digital Ethics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centri.unibo.it/digital-ethics/en/ |title=Centre for Digital Ethics |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref> He is adjunct professor ("distinguished scholar in residence"), Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Distinguished Scholar in Residence |url=https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/floridi.cfm |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=American University |language=en}}</ref> At the end of the academic year 2022-2023, Floridi will move to [[Yale University|Yale]], becoming the Founding Director of the institution’s Digital Ethics Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Justin |date=2023-01-09 |title=Floridi to Lead New Digital Ethics Center at Yale |url=https://dailynous.com/2023/01/09/floridi-to-lead-new-digital-ethics-center-at-yale/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Daily Nous |language=en-US}}</ref> He is married to the neuroscientist [[Anna Christina Nobre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leading cognitive neuroscientist Kia Nobre to join Yale's Wu Tsai Institute |url=https://wti.yale.edu/news/kia-nobre-joins-wu-tsai-institute |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=wti.yale.edu |language=en}}</ref>


Floridi is best known for his work on two areas of philosophical research: the [[philosophy of information]], and [[information ethics]] (also known as [[digital ethics]] or [[computer ethics]]), for which he received many awards, including the the [https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/oxford-internet-institutes-professor-luciano-floridi-awarded-italys-top-national-honour/ Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit], Italy’s most prestigious honour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OII {{!}} Oxford Internet Institute’s Professor Luciano Floridi awarded Italy’s top national honour |url=https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/oxford-internet-institutes-professor-luciano-floridi-awarded-italys-top-national-honour |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.oii.ox.ac.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> According to Scopus, Floridi was the most cited living philosopher in the world in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Justin |date=2021-11-29 |title=Citation Rankings of Philosophers Based on Scopus Data (updated) |url=https://dailynous.com/2021/11/29/citation-rankings-of-philosophers-scopus-data/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Daily Nous |language=en-US}}</ref>
Floridi is best known for his work on two areas of philosophical research: the [[philosophy of information]], and [[information ethics]] (also known as [[digital ethics]] or [[computer ethics]]).


Between 2008 and 2013, he held the research chair in [[philosophy of information]] and the [[UNESCO]] Chair in Information and [[Computer Ethics]] at the [[University of Hertfordshire]]. He was the founder and director of the IEG,<ref>`[http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/research/areas/ieg/]</ref> an interdepartmental research group on the philosophy of information at the [[University of Oxford]], and of the GPI<ref>[http://philosophyofinformation.net/centre/gpi/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705090440/http://philosophyofinformation.net/centre/gpi/|date=July 5, 2008}}</ref> the research Group in Philosophy of Information at the [[University of Hertfordshire]]. He was the founder and director of the [[:it:SWIF|SWIF]], the Italian e-journal of philosophy (1995–2008). He is a former Governing Body Fellow of [[St Cross College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/people/fellow/professor-luciano-floridi |title=St Cross College: Luciano Floridi |publisher=www.stx.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2013-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005024934/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/people/fellow/professor-luciano-floridi |archive-date=5 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Between 2008 and 2013, he held the research chair in [[philosophy of information]] and the [[UNESCO]] Chair in Information and [[Computer Ethics]] at the [[University of Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profiles |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:information_ethics |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> He was the founder and director of the IEG,<ref>`[http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/research/areas/ieg/]</ref> an interdepartmental research group on the philosophy of information at the [[University of Oxford]], and of the GPI<ref>[http://philosophyofinformation.net/centre/gpi/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705090440/http://philosophyofinformation.net/centre/gpi/|date=July 5, 2008}}</ref> the research Group in Philosophy of Information at the [[University of Hertfordshire]]. He was the founder and director of the [[:it:SWIF|SWIF]], the Italian e-journal of philosophy (1995–2008). He is a former Governing Body Fellow of [[St Cross College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/people/fellow/professor-luciano-floridi |title=St Cross College: Luciano Floridi |publisher=www.stx.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2013-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005024934/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/people/fellow/professor-luciano-floridi |archive-date=5 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He was found by [[Scopus]] researchers Jeroen Baas, Kevin Boyack, and John P.A. Ioannidis as the most often-cited philosopher in the world in just the year 2020.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baas |first=Jeroen |last2=Boyack |first2=Kevin |last3=Ioannidis |first3=John P. A. |date=2021-10-19 |title=August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" |url=https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3 |language=en |volume=3 |doi=10.17632/btchxktzyw.3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Justin |date=2021-11-29 |title=Citation Rankings of Philosophers Based on Scopus Data (updated) |url=https://dailynous.com/2021/11/29/citation-rankings-of-philosophers-scopus-data/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Daily Nous |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Floridi was born in [[Rome]] in 1964, and studied at Rome University [[La Sapienza]] ([[laurea]], first class with distinction, 1988), where he was originally educated as a [[history of philosophy|historian of philosophy]].<ref name="philosophyofinformation.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/pdf/auto.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907203824/http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/pdf/auto.pdf |archive-date=7 September 2008 |df=dmy-all }} Biography, in Italian, from ''Cervelli in Fuga'' (Roma: Accenti, 2001)</ref> He soon became interested in [[analytic philosophy]] and wrote his ''tesi di laurea'' (roughly equivalent to an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] thesis) in [[philosophy of logic]], on [[Michael Dummett]]'s [[anti-realism]]. He obtained his [[Master of Philosophy]] (1989) and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree (1990) from the [[University of Warwick]], working in [[epistemology]] and [[philosophy of logic]] with [[Susan Haack]] (who was his PhD supervisor) and [[Michael Dummett]]. Floridi's early student years are partly recounted in the non-fiction book ''[[The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece]]'', where he was "Luciano". During his graduate and [[postdoctoral]] years, he covered the standard topics in [[analytic philosophy]] in search of a new methodology. He sought to approach contemporary problems from a heuristically powerful and intellectually enriching perspective when dealing with lively philosophical issues. During his graduate studies, he began to distance himself from classical [[analytic philosophy]]. In his view, the analytic movement had lost its way.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/floridi_inseit_interview.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705165117/http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/floridi_inseit_interview.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2008|title=INSEIT MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LUCIANO FLORIDI|date=5 July 2008}}</ref> For this reason, he worked on [[pragmatism]] (especially [[Charles Sanders Peirce|Peirce]]) and [[Foundationalism|foundationalist]] issues in epistemology and [[philosophy of logic]].
Floridi was born in [[Rome]] in 1964, and studied at Rome University [[La Sapienza]] ([[laurea]], first class with distinction, 1988), where he was originally educated as a [[history of philosophy|historian of philosophy]].<ref name="philosophyofinformation.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/pdf/auto.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907203824/http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/pdf/auto.pdf |archive-date=7 September 2008 |df=dmy-all }} Biography, in Italian, from ''Cervelli in Fuga'' (Roma: Accenti, 2001)</ref> He soon became interested in [[analytic philosophy]] and wrote his ''tesi di laurea'' (roughly equivalent to an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] thesis) in [[philosophy of logic]], on [[Michael Dummett]]'s [[anti-realism]]. He obtained his [[Master of Philosophy]] (1989) and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree (1990) from the [[University of Warwick]], working in [[epistemology]] and [[philosophy of logic]] with [[Susan Haack]] (who was his PhD supervisor) and [[Michael Dummett]]. Floridi's early student years are partly recounted in the non-fiction book ''[[The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece]]'', where he is "Luciano". During his graduate and [[postdoctoral]] years, he covered the standard topics in [[analytic philosophy]] in search of a new methodology. He sought to approach contemporary problems from a heuristically powerful and intellectually enriching perspective when dealing with lively philosophical issues. During his graduate studies, he began to distance himself from classical [[analytic philosophy]]. In his view, the analytic movement had lost its way.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/floridi_inseit_interview.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705165117/http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/floridi_inseit_interview.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2008|title=INSEIT MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LUCIANO FLORIDI|date=5 July 2008}}</ref> For this reason, he worked on [[pragmatism]] (especially [[Charles Sanders Peirce|Peirce]]) and [[Foundationalism|foundationalist]] issues in epistemology and [[philosophy of logic]], as well as the history of [[Philosophical skepticism|scepticism]].

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== Academic career and previous positions ==
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Floridi started his academic career as a lecturer in philosophy at the [[University of Warwick]] in 1990–1991. He joined the Faculty of Philosophy of the [[University of Oxford]] in 1990 and the [[OUCL]] (Oxford's Department of Computer Science) in 1999. He was [[junior research fellow]] (JRF) in philosophy at [[Wolfson College, Oxford|Wolfson College]], Oxford University (1990–1994), a [[Frances Yates]] Fellow in the History of Ideas at the [[Warburg Institute]], [[University of London]] (1994–1995) and Research Fellow in philosophy at [[Wolfson College, Oxford]] University (1994–2001). During these years in Oxford, he held lectureships in different Colleges. Between 1994 and 1996, he also held a post-doctoral research scholarship at the Department of Philosophy, [[University of Turin]]. Between 2001 and 2006, he was [[Markle Foundation]] Senior Research Fellow in Information Policy at the [[Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy]], [[Oxford University]]. Between 2002 and 2008, he was Associate Professor of Logic at the Università degli Studi di Bari.<ref name="philosophyofinformation.net" /> In 2006, he became Fellow by Special Election of [[St Cross College, Oxford]] University, where he played for the [[Squash (sport)|squash]] team.<ref>According to The [[St Cross College]] Annual Record, "One of the achievements of which is most proud is having his name engraved on the Oxford Squash Plate and Cup trophies, as captain of the Wolfson teams who won [[Oxford University Cuppers Competitions|cuppers]] in 1998-2002."</ref> In 2008, he was appointed full professor of philosophy at the [[University of Hertfordshire]], to hold the newly established research chair in [[philosophy of information]]<ref>[http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/about-us/profiles/profiles_home.cfm?profile=D9F1E9E5-C8E1-3E8E-903F38BAC215900E University of Hertfordshire Website] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723160516/http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/about-us/profiles/profiles_home.cfm?profile=D9F1E9E5-C8E1-3E8E-903F38BAC215900E |date=23 July 2012 }}</ref> and, in 2009, the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=59391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=208.html |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160112171701/http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=59391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=208.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-01-12 |title=University Twinning and Networking &#124; &#124; UNESCO |publisher=Portal.unesco.org |access-date=2012-07-13 }}</ref> a position position which he held until 2013, when he moved back to Oxford.

In 2017, Floridi became a Fellow of the [[Alan Turing Institute]] and the Chair of its Data Ethics Group, holding these positions until 2021 and 2020, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Floridi |url=https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/luciano-floridi |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=The Alan Turing Institute |language=en}}</ref>

Since 2010 he has been Editor-in-Chief of [https://www.springer.com/journal/13347 Philosophy & Technology] (Springer).

In January 2023, Floridi announced he would move to Yale at the beginning of the academic year 2023-2024, to take over the position of Founding Director of the Yale Digital Ethics Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Justin |date=2023-01-09 |title=Floridi to Lead New Digital Ethics Center at Yale |url=https://dailynous.com/2023/01/09/floridi-to-lead-new-digital-ethics-center-at-yale/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Daily Nous |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Philosophical views ==
Floridi is one of the leading thinkers<ref>{{Cite journal |last=O. Strawn |first=George |date=2021-07 |title=Luciano Floridi: Mastermind of Information Philosophy |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9520230 |journal=IT Professional |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=119–121 |doi=10.1109/MITP.2021.3057244 |issn=1941-045X}}</ref> in the emerging disciplines of the philosophy of information,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profiles |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:philosophy_of_information |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> the philosophy of technology,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profiles |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:philosophy_of_technology |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> information ethics,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profiles |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:information_ethics |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> digital ethics,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profiles |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:digital_ethics |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> and the ethics of AI.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profiles |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:ethics_of_ai |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> His work has helped to establish the philosophical and ethical study of information as a distinct and important field of inquiry.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-024-1150-8 |title=Ethics, Law and the Politics of Information |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-94-024-1150-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-4292-5 |title=Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4292-5}}</ref>

Floridi's work focuses on the philosophical, ethical, social, and political implications of the increasing role that information and communication technologies play in our lives. He is particularly concerned with the increasing digitization of our world, the conceptual and ethical implications of the changing relationship between humans and technology, and the need for a new philosophical framework to accommodate these changes.

He argues that we need to develop a new ethical approach to understand and shape the changes brought about by the information revolution, and that the latest developments in technology and science must inform this approach. He has been instrumental in promoting the development of digital ethics, interacting with governments and companies worldwide.

One of Floridi's key contributions is his formulation of the 'Philosophy of Information' (PoI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Putting Information First: Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information {{!}} Wiley |url=https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Putting+Information+First%3A+Luciano+Floridi+and+the+Philosophy+of+Information-p-9781444396829 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Wiley.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Information |url=https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/philosophy-information |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.mdpi.com |language=en}}</ref> The PoI provides a framework for understanding the nature of information and its role in the world. According to Floridi, information is a vital resource that shapes our knowledge and understanding of the world. It is not simply a neutral representation of reality but a part of the world, with its own properties, effects, and moral implications.

Floridi's PoI has several key components<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gorichanaz |first=Tim |last2=Furner |first2=Jonathan |last3=Ma |first3=Lai |last4=Bawden |first4=David |last5=Robinson |first5=Lyn |last6=Dixon |first6=Dominic |last7=Herold |first7=Ken |last8=Søe |first8=Sille Obelitz |last9=Van der Veer Martens |first9=Betsy |last10=Floridi |first10=Luciano |date=2020-01-01 |title=Information and design: book symposium on Luciano Floridi’s The Logic of Information |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2019-0200 |journal=Journal of Documentation |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=586–616 |doi=10.1108/JD-10-2019-0200 |issn=0022-0418}}</ref> including an 'ontology of information', which defines the nature of information, an 'ethics of information', which provides a framework for evaluating the moral implications of information and information technologies, an ‘epistemology of information’, that analyses the role of information in the development of knowledge and science, and a ‘logic of information’, the concentrates on the more formal aspects. The PoI also includes a theory of the 'information environment', the infosphere, which encompasses the physical, social, and cultural contexts in which information is produced, used, and communicated.

Floridi's work has profoundly impacted the field of digital ethics<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ess |first=Charles |date=2008-09-01 |title=Luciano Floridi's philosophy of information and information ethics: Critical reflections and the state of the art |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-008-9172-8 |journal=Ethics and Information Technology |volume=10 |issue=2-3 |pages=89–96 |doi=10.1007/s10676-008-9172-8 |issn=1388-1957}}</ref> and the philosophy and ethics of AI,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence |language=en |work=Taylor & Francis |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/teta20/27/1 |access-date=2023-02-13}}</ref> and has helped establish them as distinct and important areas of inquiry. He has written more than 300 papers (see [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2644503 SSRN] and [https://philpeople.org/profiles/luciano-floridi PhilPapers]) and many books on the subject, including:


"Information: A Very Short Introduction" (OUP, 2010) - An overview of the concept of information, including its history, definition, and applications.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/information-a-very-short-introduction-9780199551378?prevNumResPerPage=20&prevSortField=1&type=listing&start=300&lang=en&cc=us |title=Information: A Very Short Introduction |date=2010-03-26 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-955137-8 |series=Very Short Introductions |location=Oxford, New York}}</ref>
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== Academic career ==
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He was a lecturer in philosophy at the [[University of Warwick]] in 1990–1991. He joined the Faculty of Philosophy of the [[University of Oxford]] in 1990 and the [[OUCL]] (Oxford's Department of Computer Science) in 1999. He was [[junior research fellow]] in philosophy at [[Wolfson College, Oxford|Wolfson College]], Oxford University (1990–1994), [[Frances Yates]] Fellow in the History of Ideas at the [[Warburg Institute]], [[University of London]] (1994–1995) and research fellow in philosophy at [[Wolfson College, Oxford]] University (1994–2001). During these years in Oxford, he held lectureships in different Colleges. Between 1994 and 1996, he also held a post-doctoral research scholarship at the Department of Philosophy, [[University of Turin]]. Between 2001 and 2006, he was [[Markle Foundation]] Senior Research Fellow in Information Policy at the [[Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy]], [[Oxford University]]. Between 2002 and 2008, he was Associate Professor of Logic at the Università degli Studi di Bari.<ref name="philosophyofinformation.net" /> In 2006, he became Fellow by Special Election of [[St Cross College, Oxford]] University, where he played for the [[Squash (sport)|squash]] team.<ref>According to The [[St Cross College]] Annual Record, "One of the achievements of which is most proud is having his name engraved on the Oxford Squash Plate and Cup trophies, as captain of the Wolfson teams who won [[Oxford University Cuppers Competitions|cuppers]] in 1998-2002."</ref> In 2008, he was appointed full professor of philosophy at the [[University of Hertfordshire]], to hold the newly established research chair in [[philosophy of information]]<ref>[http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/about-us/profiles/profiles_home.cfm?profile=D9F1E9E5-C8E1-3E8E-903F38BAC215900E University of Hertfordshire Website] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723160516/http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/about-us/profiles/profiles_home.cfm?profile=D9F1E9E5-C8E1-3E8E-903F38BAC215900E |date=23 July 2012 }}</ref> and, since 2009, the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=59391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=208.html |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160112171701/http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=59391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=208.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-01-12 |title=University Twinning and Networking &#124; &#124; UNESCO |publisher=Portal.unesco.org |access-date=2012-07-13 }}</ref>


"The Philosophy of Information" (OUP, 2011) – An analysis of the concept of information and its implications for philosophy, ethics, and society.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-philosophy-of-information-9780199232383?lang=en&cc=us |title=The Philosophy of Information |date=2011-03-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-923238-3 |location=Oxford, New York}}</ref>
In his first book, ''Scepticism and the Foundation of Epistemology'', Floridi was already looking for a concept of ''subject-independent knowledge'' close to what he now identifies as [[Semantics|semantic]] ''[[information]]''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fva-KjwzUk8C&pg=PP1&dq=Scepticism+and+the+Foundation+of+Epistemology&ei=yYoUSv2uNIPGzQTX67HNDw ''Scepticism and the Foundation of Epistemology''].</ref> During his postdoctoral studies, as a Junior Research Fellow of [[Wolfson College, Oxford]] University, he began to embrace a more Neo-Kantian philosophy, which led him to spend one academic year in [[Marburg]], where he focused on [[Ernst Cassirer]]'s version of [[Neo-Kantianism]].<ref>*[http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/pdf/apapaci.pdf Interview for the American Philosophical Association — ''Philosophy And Computing Newsletter''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216120840/http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/pdf/apapaci.pdf |date=16 December 2007 }}</ref> He began working exclusively on what is now known as the [[philosophy of information]] during his years as research fellow, still at Wolfson College.<ref name="philosophyofinformation.net" />


"The Ethics of Information" (OUP, 2013) - An examination of the moral and ethical implications of the Information Age.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-information-9780199641321?lang=en&cc=us |title=The Ethics of Information |date=2013-12-15 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-964132-1 |location=Oxford, New York}}</ref>
== Philosophy ==
According to Floridi, it is necessary to develop a [[Constructionism (learning theory)|constructionist philosophy]], where design, modelling and implementation replace [[analysis]] and dissection. Shifting from one set of tasks to the other, philosophy could then stop retreating into the increasingly small corner of its self-sustaining investigations and hence reacquire a wider view about what really matters. Slowly, Floridi has come to characterise his constructionist philosophy as an innovative field, now known as the [[philosophy of information]], the new area of research that has emerged from the computational/informational turn.


"The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality" (OUP, 2014) – A study of how the digital revolution is transforming our understanding of reality and shaping our identities and lives.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-fourth-revolution-9780199606726?q=Luciano%20Floridi&lang=en&cc=us |title=The Fourth Revolution: How the infosphere is reshaping human reality |date=2014-09-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-960672-6 |location=Oxford, New York}}</ref>
Floridi approaches the [[philosophy of information]] from the perspectives of [[logic]] and epistemology (theoretical), and [[computer science]], [[information technology|IT]] and [[Humanities Computing]] (theoretical).


"The Logic of Information" (OUP, 2019) - An exploration of the formal aspects of the dynamics of logic and the abstract foundations of the nature of information, combining insights from philosophy, computer science, and the social sciences.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-logic-of-information-9780198833635?q=Luciano%20Floridi&lang=en&cc=us |title=The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design |date=2019-04-28 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-883363-5 |location=Oxford, New York}}</ref>
For example, in the Preface of ''Philosophy and Computing'', published in 1999, he wrote that the book was meant for philosophy students who need [[Information technology|IT]] literacy to use computers efficiently or indispensable background knowledge for the critical understanding of our digital age. The latter provides a basis for the would-be branch of philosophy, the [[philosophy of information]]. PI, or PCI (Philosophy of Computing and Information), became his major research interest.


He has edited many books, and ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6 The Onlife Manifesto - Being Human in a Hyperconnected Era]'' is the most successful book published by Springer, with almost 1m accesses.
Floridi's perspective is that there is a need for a broader concept of information, which includes [[computation]], but not only computation. This new framework provides a theoretical framework within which to make sense of various lines of research that have emerged since the fifties. The second advantage is PI's perspective on the development of philosophy through time. In his view, PI gives us a much wider and more profound perspective on what philosophy might have actually been doing throughout the centuries.


Floridi's work has been widely cited<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Floridi |url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=jZdTOaoAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=scholar.google.co.uk}}</ref> and is highly regarded in the academic community. He is also a sought-after speaker and commentator on digital issues, and has given many public lectures and interviews on these subjects (see YouTube channel). He is engaged with emerging policy initiatives on the socio-ethical value and implications of digital technologies and their applications, working closely on digital/data ethics (including the ethics of algorithms and AI) with the [[House of Commons]], the [[House of Lords]], the [[Cabinet Office]], FCA, DCMS, ICO, the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, and internationally with the [[European Parliament]], the [[European Commission]], the [[Council of Europe]], [[UNESCO]], the German Ethics Council, Italy’s Camera dei Deputati, as well as with many multinational corporations (e.g. [[Barclays]], [[Capgemini]], [[Cisco]], [[DeepMind]], [[Deloitte]], [[Ernst & Young|EY]], [[Facebook]], [[Google]], [[IBM]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Assicurazioni Generali|Generali]], Leonardo, [[McKinsey & Company|McKinsey]], [[Microsoft]], [[Poste Italiane]], [[Snam]], [[Sogeti]], [[Tencent]], [[Vodafone]], and [[Volkswagen]]).
Currently, Floridi is working on two areas of research: [[computer ethics]] (see the entry [[information ethics]]) and the concept of [[information]]. Key to this area of work is the claim that ICT ([[Information and Communications Technology]]) is radically [[Reengineering (software)|re-engineering]] or [[ontology|re-ontologizing]] the [[infosphere]].


== Recognitions and awards ==
== Recognitions and awards ==

Revision as of 21:22, 13 February 2023

Luciano Floridi
Born (1964-11-16) 16 November 1964 (age 59)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma mater
Awards
List
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic (unconventional)
Doctoral advisorSusan Haack
Michael Dummett
Main interests
Philosophy of Information, information ethics, philosophy of technology, philosophy of logic, epistemology, digital ethics, computer ethics
Notable ideas
Philosophy of information, information ethics, infosphere, levels of abstraction, the fourth revolution

Luciano Floridi (Italian: [floˈriːdi]; born 16 November 1964) is an Italian and British philosopher. He holds a double appointment as professor of philosophy and ethics of information at the University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute[1] where is also Governing Body Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford,[2] and as Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Department of Legal Studies,[3] where he is the director of the Centre for Digital Ethics.[4] He is adjunct professor ("distinguished scholar in residence"), Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C.[5] At the end of the academic year 2022-2023, Floridi will move to Yale, becoming the Founding Director of the institution’s Digital Ethics Center.[6] He is married to the neuroscientist Anna Christina Nobre.[7]

Floridi is best known for his work on two areas of philosophical research: the philosophy of information, and information ethics (also known as digital ethics or computer ethics), for which he received many awards, including the the Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Italy’s most prestigious honour.[8] According to Scopus, Floridi was the most cited living philosopher in the world in 2020.[9]

Between 2008 and 2013, he held the research chair in philosophy of information and the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics at the University of Hertfordshire.[10] He was the founder and director of the IEG,[11] an interdepartmental research group on the philosophy of information at the University of Oxford, and of the GPI[12] the research Group in Philosophy of Information at the University of Hertfordshire. He was the founder and director of the SWIF, the Italian e-journal of philosophy (1995–2008). He is a former Governing Body Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.[13]

Early life and education

Floridi was born in Rome in 1964, and studied at Rome University La Sapienza (laurea, first class with distinction, 1988), where he was originally educated as a historian of philosophy.[14] He soon became interested in analytic philosophy and wrote his tesi di laurea (roughly equivalent to an M.A. thesis) in philosophy of logic, on Michael Dummett's anti-realism. He obtained his Master of Philosophy (1989) and PhD degree (1990) from the University of Warwick, working in epistemology and philosophy of logic with Susan Haack (who was his PhD supervisor) and Michael Dummett. Floridi's early student years are partly recounted in the non-fiction book The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece, where he is "Luciano". During his graduate and postdoctoral years, he covered the standard topics in analytic philosophy in search of a new methodology. He sought to approach contemporary problems from a heuristically powerful and intellectually enriching perspective when dealing with lively philosophical issues. During his graduate studies, he began to distance himself from classical analytic philosophy. In his view, the analytic movement had lost its way.[15] For this reason, he worked on pragmatism (especially Peirce) and foundationalist issues in epistemology and philosophy of logic, as well as the history of scepticism.

Academic career and previous positions

Floridi started his academic career as a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Warwick in 1990–1991. He joined the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Oxford in 1990 and the OUCL (Oxford's Department of Computer Science) in 1999. He was junior research fellow (JRF) in philosophy at Wolfson College, Oxford University (1990–1994), a Frances Yates Fellow in the History of Ideas at the Warburg Institute, University of London (1994–1995) and Research Fellow in philosophy at Wolfson College, Oxford University (1994–2001). During these years in Oxford, he held lectureships in different Colleges. Between 1994 and 1996, he also held a post-doctoral research scholarship at the Department of Philosophy, University of Turin. Between 2001 and 2006, he was Markle Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Information Policy at the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Oxford University. Between 2002 and 2008, he was Associate Professor of Logic at the Università degli Studi di Bari.[14] In 2006, he became Fellow by Special Election of St Cross College, Oxford University, where he played for the squash team.[16] In 2008, he was appointed full professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, to hold the newly established research chair in philosophy of information[17] and, in 2009, the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics,[18] a position position which he held until 2013, when he moved back to Oxford.

In 2017, Floridi became a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute and the Chair of its Data Ethics Group, holding these positions until 2021 and 2020, respectively.[19]

Since 2010 he has been Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy & Technology (Springer).

In January 2023, Floridi announced he would move to Yale at the beginning of the academic year 2023-2024, to take over the position of Founding Director of the Yale Digital Ethics Center.[20]

Philosophical views

Floridi is one of the leading thinkers[21] in the emerging disciplines of the philosophy of information,[22] the philosophy of technology,[23] information ethics,[24] digital ethics,[25] and the ethics of AI.[26] His work has helped to establish the philosophical and ethical study of information as a distinct and important field of inquiry.[27][28]

Floridi's work focuses on the philosophical, ethical, social, and political implications of the increasing role that information and communication technologies play in our lives. He is particularly concerned with the increasing digitization of our world, the conceptual and ethical implications of the changing relationship between humans and technology, and the need for a new philosophical framework to accommodate these changes.

He argues that we need to develop a new ethical approach to understand and shape the changes brought about by the information revolution, and that the latest developments in technology and science must inform this approach. He has been instrumental in promoting the development of digital ethics, interacting with governments and companies worldwide.

One of Floridi's key contributions is his formulation of the 'Philosophy of Information' (PoI).[29][30] The PoI provides a framework for understanding the nature of information and its role in the world. According to Floridi, information is a vital resource that shapes our knowledge and understanding of the world. It is not simply a neutral representation of reality but a part of the world, with its own properties, effects, and moral implications.

Floridi's PoI has several key components[31] including an 'ontology of information', which defines the nature of information, an 'ethics of information', which provides a framework for evaluating the moral implications of information and information technologies, an ‘epistemology of information’, that analyses the role of information in the development of knowledge and science, and a ‘logic of information’, the concentrates on the more formal aspects. The PoI also includes a theory of the 'information environment', the infosphere, which encompasses the physical, social, and cultural contexts in which information is produced, used, and communicated.

Floridi's work has profoundly impacted the field of digital ethics[32] and the philosophy and ethics of AI,[33] and has helped establish them as distinct and important areas of inquiry. He has written more than 300 papers (see SSRN and PhilPapers) and many books on the subject, including:

"Information: A Very Short Introduction" (OUP, 2010) - An overview of the concept of information, including its history, definition, and applications.[34]

"The Philosophy of Information" (OUP, 2011) – An analysis of the concept of information and its implications for philosophy, ethics, and society.[35]

"The Ethics of Information" (OUP, 2013) - An examination of the moral and ethical implications of the Information Age.[36]

"The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality" (OUP, 2014) – A study of how the digital revolution is transforming our understanding of reality and shaping our identities and lives.[37]

"The Logic of Information" (OUP, 2019) - An exploration of the formal aspects of the dynamics of logic and the abstract foundations of the nature of information, combining insights from philosophy, computer science, and the social sciences.[38]

He has edited many books, and The Onlife Manifesto - Being Human in a Hyperconnected Era is the most successful book published by Springer, with almost 1m accesses.

Floridi's work has been widely cited[39] and is highly regarded in the academic community. He is also a sought-after speaker and commentator on digital issues, and has given many public lectures and interviews on these subjects (see YouTube channel). He is engaged with emerging policy initiatives on the socio-ethical value and implications of digital technologies and their applications, working closely on digital/data ethics (including the ethics of algorithms and AI) with the House of Commons, the House of Lords, the Cabinet Office, FCA, DCMS, ICO, the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, and internationally with the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the German Ethics Council, Italy’s Camera dei Deputati, as well as with many multinational corporations (e.g. Barclays, Capgemini, Cisco, DeepMind, Deloitte, EY, Facebook, Google, IBM, Fujitsu, Generali, Leonardo, McKinsey, Microsoft, Poste Italiane, Snam, Sogeti, Tencent, Vodafone, and Volkswagen).

Recognitions and awards

2007

Fellow by Special Election of St Cross College,[40] University of Oxford

2008

Ethics and Information Technology, Springer, published a special issue in two numbers dedicated to his work. [41]

First philosopher to be awarded the Gauss Professorship by the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.[42]

2009

Winner of the American Philosophical Association's Barwise Prize[43]

The APA's Newsletter dedicates two issues to his work.[44]

Elected Fellow of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB).[45]

Appointed UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics.[46]

2010

Appointed Editor-in-chief of Springer's new journal[47]

Metaphilosophy, Blackwell-Wiley, published a special issue dedicated to his work.[48]

University of Hertfordshire, Vice Chancellor Award 2010: "Highly commended for research supporting engagement with business, the profession and partner organisations".

Elected Fellow of the Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[49]

Knowledge, Technology and Policy, Springer, published a special issue dedicated to his work.[50]

2011

Laurea honoris causa in Philosophy, University of Suceava, Romania, for "foundational research on the philosophy of information".[51]

2012

AISB/IACAP World Congress (in Honor of Alan Turing, 1912–1954), dedicates its "Author Meets Critics Session" to Luciano Floridi's "The Philosophy of Information".[52]

Winner of the International Association for Computing And Philosophy – IACAP's Covey Award for "outstanding research in computing and philosophy".[53]

Philosophy of Technology and Engineering, Springer, published a collection of essays dedicated to "Luciano Floridi's Philosophy of Technology – Critical Reflections".

2013

Winner of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology – INSEIT's Weizenbaum Award for "significant contribution to the field of information and computer ethics, through his or her research, service, and vision."[54]

Elected member of the Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences

Minds and Machines, Springer, is preparing a special issue dedicated to his work, entitled Philosophy in the Age of Information: A Symposium on Luciano Floridi's The Philosophy of Information (Oxford, 2011)[55]

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, Taylor & Francis, is preparing a special issue dedicated to his work, entitled Inforgs and the Infosphere: Themes from Luciano Floridi's Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence.[56]

2014

  • Cátedras de Excelencia Prize by the University Carlos III of Madrid

2015

  • Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship of the European University Institute

2016

  • Copernicus Scientist Award by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Ferrara
  • J. Ong Award by the Media Ecology Association for the book The Fourth Revolution
  • Malpensa Prize, by the city of Guarcino, Italy

2017

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAoSS)

2018

  • Ryle Lectures 2018
  • IBM's Thinker Award 2018
  • CRUI's Premio Conoscenza 2018

2020

Honorary doctor of Informatics, University of Skövde, Sweden, for his efforts within "digitalisation for sustainable development".[57]

Books

Podcasts and videos

  • The Fourth Revolution, a TED presentation, April 4, 2011.
  • Relevant Information, the SIRLS/Thomson Scientific ISI Samuel Lazarow Memorial lecture, University of Arizona, USA, February 8, 2007.
  • A Look into the Future of ICT North American Computing and Philosophy Conference, August 10–12, 2006, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
  • Where are we in the philosophy of information?, June 21, 2006, University of Bergen, Norway.
  • The Logic of Information, Télé-université (Université du Québec), 11 May 2005, Montréal, Canada.
  • From Augmented Intelligence to Augmented Responsibility, North American Computing and Philosophy Conference, January 24, 2002, Oregon State University, USA.
  • Artificial Evil and the Foundation of Computer Ethics, CEPE2000 Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry, July 14–16, 2000, Dartmouth College, USA.
  • Interview for SuchThatCast – Philosophers' Podcast (August 27, 2012).
  • "Luciano Floridi on The Fourth Revolution" – podcast of an interview with Nigel Warburton (June 29, 2009).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "OII: Luciano Floridi". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Exeter College, Oxford: Luciano Floridi". www.exeter.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Luciano Floridi, Full Professor". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Centre for Digital Ethics". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Distinguished Scholar in Residence". American University. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. ^ Weinberg, Justin (9 January 2023). "Floridi to Lead New Digital Ethics Center at Yale". Daily Nous. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Leading cognitive neuroscientist Kia Nobre to join Yale's Wu Tsai Institute". wti.yale.edu. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  8. ^ "OII | Oxford Internet Institute's Professor Luciano Floridi awarded Italy's top national honour". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  9. ^ Weinberg, Justin (29 November 2021). "Citation Rankings of Philosophers Based on Scopus Data (updated)". Daily Nous. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  11. ^ `[1]
  12. ^ [2] Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "St Cross College: Luciano Floridi". www.stx.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Biography, in Italian, from Cervelli in Fuga (Roma: Accenti, 2001)
  15. ^ "INSEIT MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LUCIANO FLORIDI". 5 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008.
  16. ^ According to The St Cross College Annual Record, "One of the achievements of which is most proud is having his name engraved on the Oxford Squash Plate and Cup trophies, as captain of the Wolfson teams who won cuppers in 1998-2002."
  17. ^ University of Hertfordshire Website Archived 23 July 2012 at archive.today
  18. ^ "University Twinning and Networking | | UNESCO". Portal.unesco.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  19. ^ "Luciano Floridi". The Alan Turing Institute. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  20. ^ Weinberg, Justin (9 January 2023). "Floridi to Lead New Digital Ethics Center at Yale". Daily Nous. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  21. ^ O. Strawn, George (2021-07). "Luciano Floridi: Mastermind of Information Philosophy". IT Professional. 23 (4): 119–121. doi:10.1109/MITP.2021.3057244. ISSN 1941-045X. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ^ "Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  24. ^ "Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  25. ^ "Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  26. ^ "Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  27. ^ Ethics, Law and the Politics of Information. doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1150-8.
  28. ^ Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4292-5.
  29. ^ "Putting Information First: Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  30. ^ "Information". www.mdpi.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  31. ^ Gorichanaz, Tim; Furner, Jonathan; Ma, Lai; Bawden, David; Robinson, Lyn; Dixon, Dominic; Herold, Ken; Søe, Sille Obelitz; Van der Veer Martens, Betsy; Floridi, Luciano (1 January 2020). "Information and design: book symposium on Luciano Floridi's The Logic of Information". Journal of Documentation. 76 (2): 586–616. doi:10.1108/JD-10-2019-0200. ISSN 0022-0418.
  32. ^ Ess, Charles (1 September 2008). "Luciano Floridi's philosophy of information and information ethics: Critical reflections and the state of the art". Ethics and Information Technology. 10 (2–3): 89–96. doi:10.1007/s10676-008-9172-8. ISSN 1388-1957.
  33. ^ "Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  34. ^ Information: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 26 March 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-955137-8.
  35. ^ The Philosophy of Information. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 8 March 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-923238-3.
  36. ^ The Ethics of Information. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 15 December 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-964132-1.
  37. ^ The Fourth Revolution: How the infosphere is reshaping human reality. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 1 September 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-960672-6.
  38. ^ The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 28 April 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-883363-5.
  39. ^ "Luciano Floridi". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  40. ^ St Cross College Website Archived 16 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  41. ^ Charles Ess (editor), Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information and Information Ethics: Critical Reflections and the State of the Art[dead link], Ethics and Information Technology, Volume 10, Numbers 2-3, 2008.
  42. ^ Oxford Philosophy Faculty Archived 17 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  43. ^ Barwise Prize Website.
  44. ^ APA's Newsletter Website[permanent dead link].
  45. ^ Fellows of the SSAISB Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  46. ^ UNESCO official webpage.
  47. ^ Philosophy & Technology.
  48. ^ Patrick Allo (editor), Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information, Metaphilosophy, Volume 41, Number 3, 2010.
  49. ^ CIPR Fellowship Announcement[permanent dead link].
  50. ^ Hilmi Demir (editor), Luciano Floridi`s Philosophy of Technology: Critical Reflections, Knowledge, Technology and Policy, forthcoming.
  51. ^ "Professor Luciano Floridi Awarded Laurea Honoris Causa By The University Of Suceava Romania – University of Hertfordshire". www.herts.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012.
  52. ^ "DHLab@UE – Floridi Meets Critics". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  53. ^ Covey Award Announcement.
  54. ^ http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/professor-luciano-floridi-has-been-granted-weizenbaum-award
  55. ^ [3] Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  56. ^ "DHLab@UE – JETAI Call for Papers". Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  57. ^ "Italian philosopher Honorary Doctor at the University of Skövde". Retrieved 21 June 2022.

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