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Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing, Volume 2 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing, Volume 2 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: Capturing Intelligence
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Except from the Foreword
The stated aim of the book series "Capturing Intelligence" is to
publish books on research from all disciplines dealing with and
affecting the issue of understanding and reproducing intelligence
artificial systems. Of course, much of the work done in the past
decades in this area has been of a highly technical nature, varying
from hardware design for robots, software design for intelligent
agents, and formal logic for reasoning.
It is therefore very refreshing to see Information Flow and
Knowledge Sharing. This is a courageous book indeed. It is not
afraid to tackle the Big Issues: notions such as information,
knowledge, information system, information flow, collaborative
problem solving, and ontological reasoning. All of these notions
are crucial to our understanding of intelligence and our building
of intelligent artificial systems, but all too often, these Big
Issues are hidden behind the curtains while the technical topics
take center stage.
AI has a rich history of philosophical books that have chosen a
non-standard structure and narrative. It is nice to see that the
authors have succeeded into combining a non-standard approach to
deep questions with a non-standard format, resulting in a highly
interesting volume.
"Frank van Harmelen, Series Editor"
Excerpt from the Introduction
Our interest is to promote, through a better and deeper
understanding of the notions of information and knowledge, a better
and deeper critical understanding of information technology as
situated in the full range of human activities, assuming as a
principle that this range of activities cannot be properly
appreciated when it is reduced to the simplifiedmeans-end schema
proposed by Technology. We invite the reader to build his/her own
points of view about these notions, considering our propositions as
a starting point for a critical analysis and discussion of these
points. With that, we believe we are contributing to a better
understanding of the impact of technology - and particularly of
Information Technology - in everyday life.
"Flavio Soares Correa da Silva, Jaume Agusti-Cullell"
*Bridges the gap between the technological and philosophical
aspects of information technology
*Gives both professionals and academics a philosophical foundation
of IT so they can better understand their own discliplines
*Sheds light on a part of IT which is often overshadowed by its
technical counterparts
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