Holding On to Reality
Holding On to Reality1999
About this book
Holding On to Reality is a brilliant history of information, from its inception in the natural world to its role in the transformation of culture to the current Internet mania and is attendant assets and liabilities. Drawing on the history of ideas, the details of information technology, and the boundaries of the human condition, Borgmann illuminates the relationship between things and signs, between reality and information.
Details
- First published
- 1999
- OL Work ID
- OL1958073W
Subjects
CommunicationComputer TechnologyInformation theoryNonfictionPhilosophyRealityScienceTechnologyInformation, Théorie de l'CommunicatieInformatieFilosofische aspectenRéalitéSociale aspectenPhilosophieCommunication, philosophyInformation societyTechnology and civilization