PHILOWEB
Philosophy of the Web: From Hypertext Representations to Collective Intelligence
| Coordinatore | INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ET D'INNOVATION
Organization address
address: RUE AUBRY LE BOUCHER 4 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | France [FR] |
| Totale costo | 178˙548 € |
| EC contributo | 178˙548 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF |
| Funding Scheme | MC-IEF |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-08-01 - 2013-07-31 |
Partecipanti
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INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ET D'INNOVATION
Organization address
address: RUE AUBRY LE BOUCHER 4 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | coordinator | 178˙548.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'In the wake of its technological success and the structural change the World Wide Web has effected on the world, Web designers and researchers are being forced to confront a range of foundational issues with clear philosophical dimensions. These include old philosophical issues in modern guises – issues concerning knowledge, identity and language – as well as new questions raised by the increasingly complex ways in which the Web is embedded in the larger world, as embodied in the Semantic Web and Internet of Things initiatives. In an world increasingly dominated by information technologies like the World Wide Web, our very nature as individuals is gradually changing as our cognitive and social capacities seem increasingly externalized. However, philosophers has only just begun to connect the information technology like the Web to both a French tradition of systematic philosophy that explores the historical origins of conceptual structures and the rigorously analytic Anglo-American approach that requires all claims to be grounded in logic and empirical evidence. By virtue of this fellowship, we hope to begin a wider project that in an innovative manner that binds both these philosophical traditions to a common empirical object of study: the World Wide Web. What is required is a strictly interdisciplinary approach that seeks to place the emerging work in information science on the Web within a larger framework that includes cognition and embodiment, and likewise have that framework be shaped by the latest scientific and technological development of the Web. This fellowship aims to facilitate and structure this goal by by having the work of renown French philosopher of technology Bernard Stiegler serve as the foundation for an analysis of the Web. The eventual goal of the project will be to produce a book-length foundational manuscript, tentatively entitled The Open World: A Philosophy of the Web. The fellowship will take place under Bernard Stiegler of lRI.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Articulating the philosophy behind the Web will help society understand its role as a repository of knowledge and safeguard its virtues.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
The World Wide Web is arguably the most complex informational artefact that humankind has produced, but the philosophy behind this ever-growing repository of knowledge is too complex to articulate. The EU-funded project 'Philosophy of the Web: From hypertext representations to collective intelligence' (http://web-and-philosophy.org/ (PHILOWEB)) took up the challenge. It postulated that such a philosophy could be defined by combining French philosophy with cutting-edge analytic philosophy and Web research, bridging the input of both engineers and philosophers.
With the input of Professor Bernard Stiegler, considered France's leading philosopher in technology, the interdisciplinary project team probed different concepts related to the Web. These included what is known as the 'frame problem' in computer science, the 'open world assumption' of the Web's inventor, and the idea of 'collective intelligence'.
To achieve its aims, the project team also acquired datasets from different institutions such as MIT and Yahoo! Research. Once the analyses and investigations were completed, PHILOWEB produced 12 scientific publications that bridge informatics and philosophy. It also conducted a series of seminars on the philosophy of the Web, presented at France's prestigious Sorbonne University.
The project's findings were disseminated during conferences, workshops and presentations in several countries, with PHILOWEB's final results being unveiled at the 2013 Digital Enlightenment Forum. Two books were also published on related topics, spurring debate and furthering our understanding of the Web's philosophy. This will help society keep the Web's core principle in focus and maintain it for future generations.