This Guide provides an ambitious state of the art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing. A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Comprises 26 newly written chapters by leading international experts. This guide provides a survey of the themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the field of the philosophy of computing and information. It presents an introduction to a wide range of topics, including computer ethics, Internet culture, digital art, cybernetics and hypertext theory. Notes on Contributors viii Preface xi Part I: Four Concepts 1(62) Computation 3(15) B. Jack Copeland Complexity 18(10) Alasdair Urquhart System: An Introduction to Systems Science 28(12) Klaus Mainzer Information 40(23) Luciano Floridi Part II: Computers in Society 63(54) Computer Ethics 65(11) Deborah G. Johnson Computer-mediated Communication and Human-Computer Interaction 76(16) Charles Ess Internet Culture 92(14) Wesley Cooper Digital Art 106(11) Dominic McIver Lopes Part III: Mind and AI 117(36) The Philosophy of AI and its Critique 119(16) James H. Fetzer Computationalism, Connectionism, and the Philosophy of Mind 135(18) Brian P. McLaughlin Part IV: Real and Virtual Worlds 153(60) Ontology 155(12) Barry Smith Virtual Reality 167(11) Derek Stanovsky The Physics of Information 178(8) Eric Steinhart Cybernetics 186(11) Roberto Cordeschi Artificial Life 197(16) Mark A. Bedau Part V: Language and Knowledge 213(48) Information and Content 215(13) Jonathan Cohen Knowledge 228(9) Fred Adams The Philosophy of Computer Languages 237(11) Graham White Hypertext 248(13) Thierry Bardini Part VI: Logic and Probability 261(44) Logic 263(13) G. Aldo Antonelli Probability in Artificial Intelligence 276(13) Donald Gillies Game Theory: Nash Equilibrium 289(16) Cristina Bicchieri Part VII: Science and Technology 305(45) Computing in the Philosophy of Science 307(11) Paul Thagard Methodology of Computer Science 318(9) Timothy Colburn Philosophy of Information Technology 327(10) Carl Mitcham Computational Modeling as a Philosophical Methodology 337(13) Patrick Grim Index 350