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What Is Information?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title What Is Information?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Janich
Translated by Eric Hayot
Translated by Lea Pao
SeriesElectronic Mediations
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:216
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLibrary and information sciences
Philosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge
Philosophy of science
ISBN/Barcode 9781517900090
ClassificationsDewey:501
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 2

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 6 March 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

In this wholly original addition to the quest to understand information, German philosopher Peter Janich argues that our understanding of information is based in the much broader history of scientific naturalism. His novel critique of this widespread dogma grounds science in human life practices and wrestles with the very fundamentals of the scientific way of understanding reality.

Author Biography

Peter Janich (1942-2016) was a German philosopher of science and the author of some thirty books and more than two hundred articles. His work has been translated into Italian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and English. Eric Hayot is distinguished professor of comparative literature and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University and the author of four books, most recently The Elements of Academic Style. Lea Pao is assistant professor of German studies at Stanford University.

Reviews

"Peter Janich's What is Information? is a philosophical unicorn. This short, punchy text offers civil defense against philosophical catastrophe. It is a one-stop shop for repairing conceptual sloppiness in how we talk about information. Written with a sly wit, it is not only abstract: its extended meditation on various technologies breaks fresh ground in the philosophy and history of media. Janich joins a multi-tongued chorus proclaiming that bad things happen when we let media get away with pretending to be invisible."-John Durham Peters, author of The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media