
Informational Pragmatism
Towards a Philosophy of Digital Transformation
David Krieger(Author)
Ethics International Press Ltd
Published on 24. February 2025
Book
Hardback
185 pages
978-1-83711-172-5 (ISBN)
Description
This thought-provoking book explores the philosophical ideas, from antiquity to today, that influence our understanding of the digital transformation that is ushering in a global network society.
Digital transformation is understood as a profoundly philosophical issue, reflecting humanity's ongoing socio-technical evolution. Traditional philosophical issues such as the meaning of being, the nature of knowing, and the place of the autonomous rational subject in modern thought, are challenged and redefined from the perspective of an informational pragmatism.
The book presents a philosophy of information, based on a critique of neo-pragmatism from the perspective of actor-network theory. A major revision of pragmatism in the form of informational pragmatism is proposed as a philosophy capable of addressing the fundamental questions of the 21st century arising from the emergence of a global network society and the digital transformation.
Digital transformation is understood as a profoundly philosophical issue, reflecting humanity's ongoing socio-technical evolution. Traditional philosophical issues such as the meaning of being, the nature of knowing, and the place of the autonomous rational subject in modern thought, are challenged and redefined from the perspective of an informational pragmatism.
The book presents a philosophy of information, based on a critique of neo-pragmatism from the perspective of actor-network theory. A major revision of pragmatism in the form of informational pragmatism is proposed as a philosophy capable of addressing the fundamental questions of the 21st century arising from the emergence of a global network society and the digital transformation.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bury St Edmunds
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83711-172-5 (9781837111725)
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Prof. Dr. David J. Krieger is director at the Institute for Communication & Leadership IKF, Switzerland.