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    Toward a Philosophy of The Web
    with Harry Halpin
    Metaphilosophy 43 (4): 361-379. 2012.
    The advent of the Web is one of the defining technological events of the twentieth century, yet its impact on the fundamental questions of philosophy has not yet been explored, much less systematized. The Web, as today implemented on the foundations of the Internet, is broadly construed as the space of all items of interest identified by URIs. Originally a space of linked hypertext documents, today the Web is rapidly evolving as a universal platform for data and computation. Even swifter is the …Read more
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    Philosophical Engineering: Toward a Philosophy of the Web (edited book)
    with Harry Halpin
    Wiley-Blackwell. 2014.
    This is the first interdisciplinary exploration of the philosophical foundations of the Web, a new area of inquiry that has important implications across a range of domains. Contains twelve essays that bridge the fields of philosophy, cognitive science, and phenomenology Tackles questions such as the impact of Google on intelligence and epistemology, the philosophical status of digital objects, ethics on the Web, semantic and ontological changes caused by the Web, and the potential of the Web to…Read more
  •  30
    In this paper we show that URIs, sometimes dubbed "philosophical proper names, in fact do not always refer as proper names does. We provide an account explaining why, centered around the notion of "resource", central to webarch, and that we qualify ontologically.
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    The advent of the so-called Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web, for all their seemingly apparent (Floridi, 2009) differences, was instrumental in a renewed interest in questions that used to be addressed solely by the philosophy of language. Amongst these, the problem of meaning is paramount to many a Webservice. The fact that philosophical problematiques of such a magnitude as this one are brought up both in the design process and effective use of technical devices, forces us to realize that some top…Read more
  •  26
    Web and Philosophy, Why and What For?
    with Harry Halpin and Leslie Carr
    Proceedings of PhiloWeb 2012, workshop at WWW 2012, on the philosophy of the Web.
  •  24
    Does the centralization of the Web change both the diffusion of knowledge and the philosophical definition of knowledge itself? By exploring the origins of the Semantic Web in the philosophy of Carnap and of Google’s machine learning approach in Heidegger, we demonstrate that competing philosophical schools are deeply embedded in artificial intelligence and its evolution in the Web. Finally, we conclude that a decentralized approach to knowledge is necessary in order to bring the Web to its full…Read more
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    International audience.
  •  19
    Philoweb: Toward a Philosophy of the Web
    with Harry Halpin
    Metaphilosophy 43 (4): 361-379. 2012.
    The advent of the Web is one of the defining technological events of the twentieth century, yet its impact on the fundamental questions of philosophy has not yet been explored, much less systematized. The Web, as today implemented on the foundations of the Internet, is broadly construed as the space of all items of interest identified by URIs. Originally a space of linked hypertext documents, today the Web is rapidly evolving as a universal platform for data and computation. Even swifter is the …Read more
  •  19
    Toward a Philosophy of the Web: Foundations and Open Problems
    with Harry Halpin
    In Harry Halpin & Alexandre Monnin (eds.), Philosophical Engineering, Wiley. 2013-12-13.
    The advent of the Web is one of the defining technological events of the twentieth century, yet its impact on the fundamental questions of philosophy has not yet been explored, much less systematized. The Web, as today implemented on the foundations of the Internet, is broadly construed as the space of all items of interest identified by URIs. Originally a space of linked hypertext documents, today the Web is rapidly evolving as a universal platform for data and computation. Even swifter is the …Read more
  •  16
    Interview with Tim Berners‐Lee
    with Harry Halpin
    In Harry Halpin & Alexandre Monnin (eds.), Philosophical Engineering, Wiley. 2013-12-13.
    International audience.
  •  15
    Les communs négatifs planétaires
    Multitudes 4 117-125. 2021.
    Cet article examine la place qu’occupent les réflexions sur la Planétarité en les situant par rapport à deux autres attracteurs, le Terrestre et le Global. Un certain nombre de positions idéologiques contemporaines sont ainsi comparées en fonction de leur situation vis-à-vis de ces trois opérateurs. L’élément central permettant de les distinguer n’est autre que leur rapport aux techniques. Nous proposons de dépasser la difficulté à politiser les enjeux techniques et planétaires en ayant recours …Read more
  •  14
    Est-il trop tard pour l’effondrement?
    with Laurence Allard and Cyprien Tasset
    Multitudes 76 (3): 53-67. 2019.
    Cette introduction invite à décadrer et à recadrer la thématique de l’effondrement, popularisée et médiatisée par la théorie dite « collapsologie », vers le plan des acteurs, des terrains, des temporalités, et des régimes d’énonciation. Nous appelons à documenter empiriquement ce que fait l’effondrement, et ce qu’en font celles et ceux à qui cette idée « fait » quelque chose. En effet, l’effondrisme pose la question des façons de se positionner non pas uniquement par rapport à une théorie, mais …Read more
  •  14
    Toward a Philosophy of the Web
    with Harry Halpin
    In Harry Halpin & Alexandre Monnin (eds.), Philosophical Engineering: Toward a Philosophy of the Web, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 1-20. 2014.
    The advent of the Web is one of the defining technological events of the twentieth century, yet its impact on the fundamental questions of philosophy has not yet been explored, much less systematized. The Web, as today implemented on the foundations of the Internet, is broadly construed as the space of all items of interest identified by URIs. Originally a space of linked hypertext documents, today the Web is rapidly evolving as a universal platform for data and computation. Even swifter is the …Read more
  •  12
    The Web as Ontology: Web Architecture Between Rest, Resources, and Rules
    In Harry Halpin & Alexandre Monnin (eds.), Philosophical Engineering, Wiley. 2013-12-13.
    This chapter contains sections titled: A Tale of Two Philosophies: URIs between Proper Names and REST; From References to Referentialization; and Toward Ontological Politics.
  •  9
    L’ingénierie philosophique de Rudolf Carnap
    Cahiers Philosophiques 141 (2): 27-53. 2015.
    Cette étude entend souligner l’influence méconnue de la pensée de Rudolf Carnap sur le développement de disciplines ou de dispositifs participant de la révolution numérique et qui, à des titres divers, poursuivent un projet apparenté à la philosophie. Nous retraçons le parcours de Carnap, marqué par deux idées majeures sur lesquelles les interprètes ont récemment attiré l’attention : le principe de tolérance et la notion d’explication ( explication ). Les développements de l’intelligence artific…Read more
  • Philosophical Engineering (edited book)
    with Harry Halpin
    Wiley. 2013-12-13.