Semantic information and the network theory of account |
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Authors: | Luciano Floridi |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK;(2) Faculty of Philosophy and IEG, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK |
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Abstract: | The article addresses the problem of how semantic information can be upgraded to knowledge. The introductory section explains
the technical terminology and the relevant background. Section 2 argues that, for semantic information to be upgraded to knowledge,
it is necessary and sufficient to be embedded in a network of questions and answers that correctly accounts for it. Section
3 shows that an information flow network of type A fulfils such a requirement, by warranting that the erotetic deficit, characterising the target semantic information t by default, is correctly satisfied by the information flow of correct answers provided by an informational source s. Section 4 illustrates some of the major advantages of such a Network Theory of Account (NTA) and clears the ground of a
few potential difficulties. Section 5 clarifies why NTA and an informational analysis of knowledge, according to which knowledge
is accounted semantic information, is not subject to Gettier-type counterexamples. A concluding section briefly summarises
the results obtained. |
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