Luciano Floridi

Luciano Floridi
Born (1964-11-16) 16 November 1964 (age 60)
Rome, Italy
Alma mater
Awards
List
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic (unconventional)
Doctoral advisorSusan Haack
Michael Dummett
Main interests
Philosophy of Information, information ethics, philosophy of technology, philosophy of logic, epistemology, digital ethics, computer ethics
Notable ideas
Philosophy of information, information ethics, infosphere, levels of abstraction, the fourth revolution, onlife.

Luciano Floridi (Italian: [floˈriːdi]; born 16 November 1964) is an Italian and British philosopher. He is the director of the Digital Ethics Center at Yale University. He is also a Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Department of Legal Studies,[1] where he is the director of the Centre for Digital Ethics.[2] Furthermore, he is adjunct professor ("distinguished scholar in residence") at the Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C.[3] He is married to the neuroscientist Anna Christina Nobre.[4]

Floridi is best known for his work on two areas of philosophical research: the philosophy of information, and information ethics (also known as digital ethics or computer ethics), for which he received many awards, including the Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Italy's most prestigious honor.[5] According to Scopus, Floridi was the most cited living philosopher in the world in 2020.[6]

Between 2008 and 2013, he held the research chair in philosophy of information and the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics at the University of Hertfordshire.[7] He was the founder and director of the IEG,[8] an interdepartmental research group on the philosophy of information at the University of Oxford, and of the GPI[9] the research Group in Philosophy of Information at the University of Hertfordshire. He was the founder and director of the SWIF, the Italian e-journal of philosophy (1995–2008). He is a former Governing Body Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.[10]

  1. ^ "Luciano Floridi, Full Professor". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Centre for Digital Ethics". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Scholar in Residence". American University. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Leading cognitive neuroscientist Kia Nobre to join Yale's Wu Tsai Institute". wti.yale.edu. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. ^ "OII | Oxford Internet Institute's Professor Luciano Floridi awarded Italy's top national honour". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. ^ Weinberg, Justin (29 November 2021). "Citation Rankings of Philosophers Based on Scopus Data (updated)". Daily Nous. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Profiles". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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  9. ^ [2] Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "St Cross College: Luciano Floridi". www.stx.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.