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Luciano Floridi
Born
(1964-11-16) 16 November 1964 (age 59)
Rome, Italy
Alma mater
Sapienza University of Rome
University of Warwick
Awards
List
Gauss Professor (2009)
Barwise Prize (2009)
Covey Award (2012)
Weizenbaum Award (2013)
Malpensa Prize (2015)
Copernicus Award (2016)
J. Ong Award (2016)
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Analytic (unconventional)
Doctoral advisor
Susan 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, onlife.
Luciano Floridi (Italian:[floˈriːdi]; born 16 November 1964) is an Italian and British philosopher. He is the director of the Digital Ethics Center at Yale University. He is also a Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Department of Legal Studies,[1] where he is the director of the Centre for Digital Ethics.[2] Furthermore, he is adjunct professor ("distinguished scholar in residence") at the Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C.[3] He is married to the neuroscientist Anna Christina Nobre.[4]
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 Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Italy's most prestigious honour.[5] According to Scopus, Floridi was the most cited living philosopher in the world in 2020.[6]
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.[7] He was the founder and director of the IEG,[8] an interdepartmental research group on the philosophy of information at the University of Oxford, and of the GPI[9] 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.[10]
^"Luciano Floridi, Full Professor". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^"Centre for Digital Ethics". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^"Distinguished Scholar in Residence". American University. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^"Leading cognitive neuroscientist Kia Nobre to join Yale's Wu Tsai Institute". wti.yale.edu. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^"OII | Oxford Internet Institute's Professor Luciano Floridi awarded Italy's top national honour". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^Weinberg, Justin (29 November 2021). "Citation Rankings of Philosophers Based on Scopus Data (updated)". Daily Nous. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^"Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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^[2] Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"St Cross College: Luciano Floridi". www.stx.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
LucianoFloridi (Italian: [floˈriːdi]; born 16 November 1964) is an Italian and British philosopher. He is the director of the Digital Ethics Center at...
philosophy of information. The expression was coined in the 1990s by LucianoFloridi, who has published prolifically in this area with the intention of...
specie aeternitatis, so may the roles representing these institutions. LucianoFloridi, in The Philosophy of Information: First, sub specie aeternitatis,...
the book is the Oxford philosopher and ontologist of the infosphere LucianoFloridi. Variety reports that Miramax might produce a film version of the book...
freedom and autonomy, trust, sustainability, dignity, solidarity. LucianoFloridi and Josh Cowls created an ethical framework of AI principles set by...
Origin of Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0511546433. LucianoFloridi (2010). Information – A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University...
Generator'", philosophy of information and information ethics researcher LucianoFloridi stated, that so many resources are devoted to internal issues that...
Infosphere. Quest. Lay summary. Floridi, Luciano. A Look into the Future Impact of ICT on our Lives LucianoFloridi (1999), Philosophy and Computing:...
project work for life in the digital age. The Information Philosopher LucianoFloridi has played a critical role in the success of such work, particularly...
philosophers include Carlo Penco, Gloria Origgi, Pieranna Garavaso, and LucianoFloridi. Italian theatre came about in the Middle Ages, with its antecedents...
ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics promoted, among others, by LucianoFloridi. The concept of computer ethics originated in the 1940s with MIT professor...
embodied organisms are also called natural agents. Inforgs was used by LucianoFloridi to describe what makes up an infosphere. The usage of the word describes...
Computer Science LucianoFloridi (editor). The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information, 2004. LucianoFloridi (editor). Philosophy...
considered non controversial, and can be severed from psychologism. For LucianoFloridi, "at the turn of the [20th] century there had been a resurgence of...
a different view on how a "moral patient" is defined. The paper by LucianoFloridi and J.W. Sanders, On the Morality of Artificial Agents, defines moral...
philosophers include Carlo Penco, Gloria Origgi, Pieranna Garavaso and LucianoFloridi. Philosophy was brought to Italy by Pythagoras, founder of the school...
series John R. Searle, “What Your Computer Can’t Know” (review of LucianoFloridi, The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere Is Reshaping Human Reality...
66, 68. John R. Searle, "What Your Computer Can't Know" (review of LucianoFloridi, The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere Is Reshaping Human Reality...
del Giudice Nuccio Ordine Bruno Osimo Carlo Lottieri Marcello Landi LucianoFloridi Massimo Pigliucci Alberto Jori Federico Ferrari Michela Marzano Paola...
LucianoFloridi, The Logic of Information, presentation, discussion, Télé-université (Université du Québec), 11 May 2005, Montréal, Canada. Luciano Floridi...
Campadelli-Fiume Pier Cesare Bori Augusto Barbera Gualtiero Calboli Ivano Dionigi LucianoFloridi The 2024 QS World University Rankings ranked the University of Bologna...
Epidemiology Rodolfo Saracci 25 February 2010 medicine 225 Information LucianoFloridi 25 February 2010 226 The Laws of Thermodynamics Peter Atkins 25 March...
N. Howard (2018–2021) Victoria Nash (2021–present) Helen Margetts LucianoFloridi Philip N. Howard Vili Lehdonvirta Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Gina Neff...
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