The teaching intends to provide students with a basic knowledge of the main topics and problems in the field of Digital Humanities, with a specific focus on topics of more direct relevance for philosophy, and on the relationship between Digital Humanities and Philosophy.
The main aim of the teaching is to allow students to understand the theoretical debate on the nature and definition of Digital Humanities, and to understand the philosophical relevance of many among the problems dealt with in that field.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to read and understand papers and research work done by the Italian and international community of Digital Humanists, and to connect them with the work done in the field of Philosophy of Information.
The main aim of the teaching is to allow students to understand the theoretical debate on the nature and definition of Digital Humanities, and to understand the philosophical relevance of many among the problems dealt with in that field.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to read and understand papers and research work done by the Italian and international community of Digital Humanists, and to connect them with the work done in the field of Philosophy of Information.
teacher profile teaching materials
- Luciano Floridi (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information, Blackwell 2004
Not- attending students and if the written text is not passed: add
Mirko Tavosanis, Lingue e intelligenza artificiale, Carocci 2018
Italian textbooks can be replaced by English textbooks if needed; indications on the replacement textbooks will be given on request.
Programme
The course will discuss the relationship between digital humanities and philosophy. Among the topics discussed, the concept of representative omnipotence of digital encoding (and its history), basic concepts of the philosophy of information; introduction and philosophical relevance of Artificial Intelligence; the relationship between media studies and philosophy; simulism; an introduction to computer ethics.Core Documentation
- Hand-out and recorded lessons (available on-line)- Luciano Floridi (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information, Blackwell 2004
Not- attending students and if the written text is not passed: add
Mirko Tavosanis, Lingue e intelligenza artificiale, Carocci 2018
Italian textbooks can be replaced by English textbooks if needed; indications on the replacement textbooks will be given on request.
Type of delivery of the course
Lectures with discussions and exercisesType of evaluation
The evaluation usually takes place through a written test that will take place at the end of the course (in two sessions: it is possible to freely choose whether to take the written test in the first session or in the second, if the test is not passed in the first session it is possible to take it again in the second). For those who have not passed the written test, or for non-attending students who wish to take the exam in oral form, the exam can take place in oral form: in these cases, an integration of the program is foreseen (see adopted texts).