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Following a 10-year period of formal and informal collaboration
between several researchers, the establishment of the Society for the
Philosophy of Information (SPI, [1]) inaugurates the next phase in the
development of the philosophy of information as an independent and
self-sustained philosophical field.
The Society was founded during the fourth workshop on the philosophy
of information [2] held at the University of Hertfordshire in May
2012, and is now ready to open its membership to anyone interested in
the philosophy of information while promoting its scientific and
educational activities.
Prior collaborations, including part of the work done at the
Oxford-based IEG research-group [3], several editorial projects [4-8],
and a highly successful workshop-series [9], will find a new home in
this society. In addition to this legacy, several new activities will
be launched and led by some of the current members of the society
[10].
Concretely, the SPI:
- brings together scholars in the area harnessing the
multidisciplinary and international nature of the Philosophy of
Information;
- organises workshops, seminars, conferences and other similar
activities to explore the philosophical issues concerning the concept
of information and its cognate notions;
- publishes teaching material for undergraduate and graduate courses
on the Philosophy of Information;
- maintains a state-of-the-art collection of bibliographic resources;
fosters editorial projects and funding proposals.
In this way, the SPI offers learning and research instruments to
undergraduate and graduate students, while promoting the academic
network and activities of junior and senior academics whose work
focuses on the Philosophy of Information.
The website of the SPI (http://www.socphilinfo.org) is the main centre
of activity where we present the aim and focus of the philosophy of
information, the mission of its society, and, most importantly,
provide information about the current and soon to be launched
activities of the SPI. The current activities include:
- a regularly updated PI-related news feed;
- an overview of previous workshops in the philosophy of information,
and an announcement of the fifth workshop;
- a brand new textbook [11] on the philosophy of information that
forms the cornerstone of our teaching resources;
While the soon to be launched activities include:
- a sustained presence of SPI-sponsored sessions at international conferences;
- a repository of teaching resources, including an overview of courses
in the philosophy of information that are currently taught;
- bibliographic resources on the philosophy of information, including
an annotated bibliography;
- an overview of the many edited volumes and monographs on the
philosophy of information that were published during the last ten
years;
- book-reviews and book-symposia on notable publications that fit
within or are relevant to the philosophy of information.
Interested researchers and students are encouraged to support this
enterprise by becoming a member (link) and by taking part in the
activities of the society.
LINKS
[1] http://www.socphilinfo.org/
[2] http://philosophyofinformation.net/WPI/4WPI/Home.html
[3] http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/activities/ieg/home.html
[4] http://link.springer.com/journal/11023/13/4/page/1
[5] http://link.springer.com/journal/11023/14/1/page/1
[6]
http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~pallo/Archives/2006/LogicandthePhilosophyofI.html
[7] http://link.springer.com/journal/11229/167/2/page/1
[8] http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444338676.html
[9] http://www.socphilinfo.org/workshops
[10] http://www.socphilinfo.org/about-spi/activity-leaders
[11] http://www.socphilinfo.org/teaching/book-pi-intro
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