Current Positions and Associations

Research Chair in Philosophy of Information, Department of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire

UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire

Coordinator of the GPI, the research Group on Philosophy of Information, University of Hertfordshire

Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford

Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy, OUCL (Dept. of Computer Science), University of Oxford

Coordinator of the IEG, the Information, Ethics interdepartmental research Group, University of Oxford

Recent Publications

	(editor) The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). You can order it now.
	Information - A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

	Infosfera - Etica e filosofia nell'età dell'informazione, traduzione a cura di Massimo Durante,  Introduzione di Terrel Ward Bynum (Torino: Giappichelli, 2009). This is a collection of ten articles on information and computer ethics I published between 1999 and 2009.
	(with Gian Paolo Terravecchia) Le Parole della Filosofia Contemporanea (Roma: Carocci, 2009).
	Guest editor of a special issue of The Information Society, dedicated to "The Philosophy of Information, its Nature and Future Developments". Volume 25, Number 3, May-June 2009. The Information Society and Its Philosophy: Introduction to the Special Issue on “The Philosophy of Information, its Nature and Future Developments”.
	Guest editor (with Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson) of a special issue of Synthese, dedicated to "The Philosophy of Information and Logic". Volume 167, Number 2, March, 2009. Introduction, Luciano Floridi and Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson.
Artificial Companions and their philosophical challenges, in  Yorick Wilks, (ed.), Close Engagements with Artificial Companions. Key social, psychological, ethical and design issues  (John Benjamins Publishing Company), 2010., pp. 23-27. "Levels of Abstraction and the Turing Test", Kybernetes, 39.3, 2010, 423-440. The Rediscovery and Posthumous Influence of Scepticism" in Richard Bett (ed.), Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), pp. 267-287. "Information Technology", in The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Technology, edited by J.-K. Berg Olsen, S. A. Pedersen and V. F. Hendricks (Oxford - New York: Blackwell, 2009). (with Turilli, M.), The Ethics of Information Transparency, Ethics and Information Technology, 2009, 11.2, 105-112. The information Society and Its Philosophy, The Information Society, 2009, 25.3, 153-158. (with Taddeo M. and Turilli, M.), Turing's Imitation Game: Still a Challenge for All Machines and Some Judges, Minds and Machines, 2009, 19.1, 145-150. Philosophical Conceptions of Information, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2009, 5363, 13-53. Artificial Companions and their Philosophical Challenges, Dialogue and Universalism, special issue on Web-based Technology and the New University, guest editor Piotr Boltuc, 19.1-2, 31-36. Against Digital Ontology, Synthese, 2009, 168.1, (2009), 151-178. Logical Fallacies as Informational Shortcuts, Synthese, 2009, 167.2, 317-325. The Semantic Web vs. Web 2.0: a Philosophical Assessment, Episteme, 2009, 6, 25-37. (with D’Agostino, M.), The Enduring Scandal of Deduction. Is Propositional Logic really Uninformative?, Synthese, 2009, 167.2, 271-315.

Current Speaking Engagements

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	I signed the contract with OUP for The Fourth Revolution - The Impact of  Information and Communication Technologies on Our Lives (Oxford: Oxford University Press, scheduled for publication in 2012).
	Patrick Allo (editor), Putting Information First: Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information, (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).
	Anthony Beavers (guest editor), "Inforgs and the Infosphere: Themes from Luciano Floridi's Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence", special issue of the Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, forthcoming.
	Hilmi Demir (guest editor), "Luciano Floridi`s Philosophy of Technology: Critical Reflections", special double issue of Knowledge, Technology and Policy, Volume 23, Issues 1-2, 2010. The Philosophy of Information as a Conceptual Framework, replies to the articles published in the special issue.
	Elected Fellow of the Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
	Vice Chancellor Award 2010: "Highly commended for research supporting engagement  with business, the profession and partner organisations".
	The Chinese translation (2010) in two volumes of The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information (Oxford - New York: Blackwell, 2004) has been published.
	Mind And Machine: The Future of Thinking. Friday, June 4, 2010, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM NYU Skirball Center NY
	Philosophy & Technology now accepts submissions. If you wish to submit a paper please go to: http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ The first issue will be published by Springer in January 2011.
	In viaggio con il padre dell'infosfera", interview (in Italian) for Il Sole 24Ore.
	The Philosophy of Information (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming). The book is now scheduled for publication in November 2010. You can order it now.
	University of Hertfordshire, UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, Inaugural Lecture: The Fourth Revolution: The impact of Information Technology on our lives. Click here to download the video. Click here to watch the video online.
	Patrick Allo  (guest editor), "Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information", Metaphilosophy, Volume 41, Issue 3, 2010. The Philosophy of Information - Ten Years Later, replies to the articles published in the special issue.
	Interview with (and video by) Vesna  Gerintes after a  talk at the Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires (CRI), Paris, 19 November, 2009. Click here.
	Interview for VEJA about Google translation service.
	Interview about scientific research abroad, in connection with the celebrations for Levi Montalcini's 101st birthday. Click here.
	Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy & Technology, the new journal dedicated to the philosophy of technology that Springer will launch in 2011.

Forthcoming Publications

Submitted Publications

Work in Progress

"Philosophy of Computer Science", invited chapter for The Handbook of Formal Philosophy, edited by Sven Ove Hansson and  Vincent F. Hendricks (Springer). "Distributed morality". "What is bioinformation?" "Avatars: Their Philosophical Meaning".
	Guest editor (with Charles Ess) of a special issue of Ethics and Information Technology, dedicated to The Ethics of Online Identities.
	Guest editor (with Dave Ward) of a special issue of Minds and Machines, dedicated to The Construction of Personal Identities Online.
	Guest editor (with Mariarosaria Taddeo) of a special issue of Ethics and Information Technology, dedicated to e-Trust.