3rd ICTs and Society Meeting; Paper Session - Theorizing the Internet; Paper 6: Reconstructing the Glass Bead Game. On the Philosophy of Information

A computer playable version of the Glass Bead Game in the sense of Hermann Hesse’s famous novel is being presented and the various onto-epistemic as well as social implications of the game are discussed. In particular, the discussion focuses on aspects of the philosophical conceptualization of infor...

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Published inTripleC Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 136 - 138
Main Authors Zimmermann, Rainer E., Wiedenmann, Simon M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Salzburg TripleC Communication, Capitalism & Critique, published by Information Society Research 01.01.2010
Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
Subjects
glass bead game
metaphysics
philosophy of information
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Summary:A computer playable version of the Glass Bead Game in the sense of Hermann Hesse’s famous novel is being presented and the various onto-epistemic as well as social implications of the game are discussed. In particular, the discussion focuses on aspects of the philosophical conceptualization of information within evolving social contexts.
ISSN:1726-670X
1726-670X
DOI:10.31269/triplec.v8i2.216