What Is Information
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
What Is Information
By (Author) Peter Janich
Translated by Eric Hayot
Translated by Lea Pao
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st June 2018
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
Library, archive and information management
501
Physical Properties
Paperback
216
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 25mm
Description
In this wholly original addition to the quest to understand information, German philosopher Peter Janich argues that our understanding of information is based in the much broader history of scientific naturalism. His novel critique of this widespread dogma grounds science in human life practices and wrestles with the very fundamentals of the scientific way of understanding reality.
Reviews
"Peter Janichs What is Information is a philosophical unicorn. This short, punchy text offers civil defense against philosophical catastrophe. It is a one-stop shop for repairing conceptual sloppiness in how we talk about information. Written with a sly wit, it is not only abstract: its extended meditation on various technologies breaks fresh ground in the philosophy and history of media. Janich joins a multi-tongued chorus proclaiming that bad things happen when we let media get away with pretending to be invisible."John Durham Peters, author of The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media
Author Bio
Peter Janich (19422016) was a German philosopher of science and the author of some thirty books and more than two hundred articles. His work has been translated into Italian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and English.
Eric Hayot is distinguished professor of comparative literature and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University and the author of four books, most recently The Elements of Academic Style.
Lea Pao is assistant professor of German studies at Stanford University.
