Introduction to the special issue on the nature and scope of information

Black, Elizabeth; Floridi, Luciano and Third, Allan (2010). Introduction to the special issue on the nature and scope of information. Synthese, 175(Supp 1) pp. 1–3.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9739-x

Abstract

Information and its cognate concepts are frequently used in increasingly varied areas of scientific and scholarly investigations, from computing and engineering to philosophy and the social sciences. As a consequence, a great deal of interesting and exciting research is taking place in a wide range of fields, which do not always communicate with each other. So the second workshop¹ of the IEG (the interdepartmental research group in philosophy of information at the University of Oxford²), took the shape of a series of seminars, hosted in Oxford by the Department of Engineering Science, during the academic year 2008–2009. The project aimed to bring together leading experts in the broadly construed area of information research, with the goal of offering a stimulating series of talks and discussions on “the nature and scope of information”.

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