An edition of Holding On to Reality (1999)
Holding on to reality
the nature of information at the turn of the millennium
By Albert Borgmann
Publish Date
1999
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
274
Description:
Holding On to Reality is a brilliant history of information, from its inception in the natural world to its role in the transformation of culture to the current Internet mania and is attendant assets and liabilities. Drawing on the history of ideas, the details of information technology, and the boundaries of the human condition, Borgmann illuminates the relationship between things and signs, between reality and information.
subjects: Communication, Computer Technology, Information theory, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Reality, Science, Technology, Information, Théorie de l', Communicatie, Informatie, Filosofische aspecten, Réalité, Sociale aspecten, Philosophie, Communication, philosophy, Information society, Technology and civilization