Tagged: philosophy

I am a Person

David presented at ETHICOMP 2017, in Turin, Italy, in June 2017. Abstract: This paper presents a conception of personhood as both physical and social, and both as radically contingent upon their respective physical and social...

Review of Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews have published a review of Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence by John Protevi, Louisiana State University. Protevi has mixed reactions to the book, concerned that inattention to customary practices in the discipline results in...

Theorising Web 3.0

David published a paper in the journal, Information Technology and People, in 2015, entitled, ‘Theorising Web 3.0: ICTs in a Changing Society’.  This paper was also the Editorial for a Special Issue of Information Technology and People,...

Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence

This is a book about evolution – from a post-Darwinian perspective. It recounts the core ideas of one of the great French philosophers, Henri Bergson (1859-1941), and his rediscovery and legacy in the poststructuralist...

Virtuality and Humanity

David published a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Virtuality, in 2014, entitled ‘Virtuality and Humanity’. Abstract: This chapter discusses the key questions raised by its title—what should we understand by the terms virtuality, humanity,...

Virtual, Phenomenal, Real and Mobile

David presented a paper at the Society for Philosophy of Technology conference, in Denton, Texas, USA, entitled ‘Virtual, Phenomenal, Real and Mobile’ in May 2011.  The Call for Papers is archived here. Abstract:  The debate...