[AISWorld] Ghost of Socrates available on Academia.edu (free download)

[John Artz]

Dear Colleagues,


Several years ago I wrote a book entitled “The Ghost of Socrates: Exploring
Philosophical Issues in Information Systems” which I never got around to
publishing. I just reread it, made a few corrections and uploaded it to
Academia.edu where you can download it for free if you are so inclined.


It explores a number of philosophical issues (privacy, machine
intelligence, teleology, and the relationship between science and
technology) in a breezy accessible style. I think you will find it as
readable as it is thought provoking. Just go to academia.edu type, “Ghost
of Socrates” into search and click on the title. Following is the table of
contents.


John Artz



Ghost of Socrates

*Table of Contents*

Introduction

The Ghost of Socrates

Knowledge Management

Concept analysis

What is a Right to Privacy?

Computers and the Quality of Life

Can Machines Really Think?

Information Systems and the Redistribution of Social Power

Science vs. Technology

Teleology in Information Systems Development

Thinking Clearly About Concepts

Annotated Bibliography





*John M. Artz, PhDWebpages: http://home.gwu.edu/~jartz
<http://home.gwu.edu/%7Ejartz>Email: jartz at gwu.edu <jartz at gwu.edu>*
"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that
went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." George Orwell