Gordon Graham

The Internet (eBook, ePUB)

A Philosophical Inquiry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Internet: A Philosophical Inquiry offers the first concise and accessible exploration of the issues which arise as we enter further into the world of Cyberspace.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134738045
• Artikelnr.: 38447095

Autorenporträt

Gordon Graham is Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Aberdeen Centre for Philosophy, Technology and Society. He is also the author of Philosophy of the Arts (Routledge, 1997) and The Shape of the Past (Oxford University Press, 1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Gordon Graham; Chapter 1 Neo-Luddites versus Technophiles, Gordon Graham; Chapter 2 The radically new and the merely novel, Gordon Graham; Chapter 3 The Faustian bargain, Gordon Graham; Chapter 4 The Internet as democracy, Gordon Graham; Chapter 5 The Internet as anarchy, Gordon Graham; Chapter 6 Policing the Internet, Gordon Graham; Chapter 7 New communities, Gordon Graham; Chapter 8 Virtual reality, Gordon Graham; conl Conclusion, Gordon Graham;

Rezensionen

'a lucid and wide-ranging philosophical study' - Jonathan Ree, The Independent on Sunday

'an accessible and thought provoking philosophical tract, one that suggests new ways of looking at the internet.' - The Philosopher's Magazine

'Graham's book is clear, non-technical and pithily argued...it is a book well worth reading' - The Philosophical Quarterly

'The virtues of this book are many... Graham has surely succeeded in making himself intelligible to the broader audience in this wonderful book.' - Philosophical Books