Overview

Context of Topics in the Philosophy of Information - Investigating the Philosophical Bases and Implications of Information Technologies project at University of Dundee

Philosophy of information crosses traditional divides both within philosophy itself, and between philosophy and computer science. While Floridi’s work is grounded in the analytic tradition, he positions it beyond the analytic-continental divide. French philosophers such as Raymond Ruyer and Gilbert Simondon made important developments in the area in the 1950s, and Wu Kun has pioneered a philosophy of information in China since the early 1980s.

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Programme Structure

The candidate could tackle any of many possible topics and problems in the philosophy of information, including (but not limited to):

the central problem, what is information?;

the relationship between information and semantic meaning; the ethics of information; the contributions of information-theoretic and computational models to epistemology;
the existential impact of information technologies on human life;

the changing image of the human brought about by information technologies; the politics of information society; digital ontologies;s
the metaphysics of virtual realities; the philosophy of artificial intelligence; the concept of information in the history of philosophy; the nature of artificial agents and artificial companions.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

95

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Psychology Philosophy Liberal Arts View 83 other PhDs in Philosophy in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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95

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General requirements

You should have an honours degree at 2.1 or above, and/or a Masters degree in a relevant discipline.

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Tuition Fee

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International

20895 GBP/year

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Based on the tuition of 20895 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

4825 GBP/year

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Based on the tuition of 4825 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Dundee

787 - 1494 GBP /month

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