Research Chair in Philosophy of Information, Department of Philosophy, 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
Coordinator of the IEG, the Information, Ethics interdepartmental research Group, University of Oxford
Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy, OUCL (Dept. of Computer Science), University of Oxford Associate Professor of Logic, Dipartimento di Scienze Filosofiche, Università degli Studi di Bari (on leave)

President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP)
Director, SWIF- the Italian Web Site for Philosophy
Member, Executive Board of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT)

Area editor (computing and information), Synthese
Associate editor (philosophy of information), The Information Society
Member, Editorial Boards of Ethics and Information Technology | Minds and Machines | International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction | Telematics & Informatics | Identity in the Information Society

A Defence of Informational Structural Realism, Synthese, 2008, 161.2, 219-253.

Information Ethics, its Nature and Scope, invited chapter for Moral Philosophy and Information Technology, edited by Jeroen van den Hoven and John Weckert (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 40-65.

In defence of the veridical nature of semantic information, European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2007, 3.1, 1-18.

(with Taddeo M.) A Praxical Solution of the Symbol Grounding Problem, Minds and Machines, 2007, 17.4, 369-389.

"Information Logic", in Computation, Information, Cognition, ed. by Gordana Dodig Crnkovic and Susan Stuart (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007), pp. 18-40.

"Artificial Companions and their Philosophical Challenges", E-mentor, 2007, 5.22, 84-86.

"Understanding Information Ethics", APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers.7.1 (online)

"Computers", invited chapter in New Waves in Applied Ethics, ed. by C. Wolf, J. Ryberg and T. Petersen (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007).

Japanese translation of "Information Ethics, its Nature and Scope" in The Thought of Information Ethics, ed. by Toru Nishigaki and Tadashi Takenouchi (Tokyo: NTT, 2007), pp. 47-98.

Global Information Ethics: The Importance of Being Environmentally Earnest, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 2007, 3.3, 1-11.

A look into the future impact of ICT on our lives, The Information Society, 2007, 23.1, 59-64. An abridged and modified version was published in TidBITS.

Against Digital Ontology, Synthese.

Understanding Epistemic Relevance, Erkenntnis.

The Rediscovery and Posthumous Influence of Scepticism" in Richard Bett (ed.), Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).

"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).

Foundations of Information Ethics, invited chapter for Information and Computer Ethics, edited by H. Tavani and K. Himma ((John Wiley and Sons).

A Subjectivist Interpretation of Relevant Information, in A. Pichler & H. Hrachovec (eds.) Philosophy of the Information Society, Vol. 1, Proceedings of the 30th International Ludwig Wittgenstein-Symposium in Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2007. Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society *New Series*, vol 7. (D) Frankfurt a.M.: Ontos.

Trends in the Philosophy of Information, invited chapter for Handbook of Philosophy of Information, a book ed. by Pieter Adriaans and Johan van Benthem in the series Handbooks of the Philosophy of Science (Elsevier).

Data, article for the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition, editor in chief William A. Darity (Macmillan).

Semantic Information: Philosophical Issues and Theories, Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Informational Privacy, Computers & Society.

La Filosofia dell’Informazione, invited article for Introduzione alla Filosofia, a book edited by Franca D’Agostini (Zanichelli).

Greek translation of Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction (London - New York: Routledge, 1999).

Chinese translation of The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information (Oxford - New York: Blackwell, 2004).

Chinese translation in World Philosophy of section three of "Open Problems in the Philosophy of Information", Metaphilosophy. This is the revised version of The Herbert A. Simon Lecture on Computing and Philosophy given at Carnegie Mellon University in 2001. [pdf] [realvideo] [powerpoint presentation].

(with Gian Maria Greco, Gianluca Paronitti and Maria Rosaria Taddeo), several entries for the new edition of the Enciclopedia della Filosofia di Gallarate: analogico-digitale | cibernetica | etica informatica - etica dell'informazione | informatica | internet | macchina | macchine calcolatrici |

"Logical Fallacies as Informational Shortcuts".

"Replies" in "Luciano Floridi's Philosophy of Information and Information Ethics: Critical Reflections and the State of the Art", a special issue of Ethics and Information Technology, edited by Charles Ess.

"AI New Frontier: Artificial Companions and the Fourth Revolution"

"Levels of Abstraction: from Computer Science to Philosophy"

"Levellism and the Method of Abstraction"

(with Turilli, M.) "The Ethics of Information Transparency"

(with D’Agostino, M.) "The Enduring Scandal of Deduction. Is Propositional Logic really Uninformative?"

"Semantic Information and the Correctness Theory of Truth".

"The Subjectivist Interpretation of Relevant Information: a Reappraisal".

"Distributed morality".

"What is bioinformation?"

"Avatars: Their Philosophical Meaning".

"The Semantic Web vs. Web 2.0: a Philosophical Assesment"

with Hughes, J. F. "Malfunctioning Software".

The Philosophy of Information (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Information (Oxford: Oxford University Press), a volume for the Very Short Introductions series.

Editor, Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).

Editor, Philosophy of Computing and Information: 5 Questions (Automatic Press / VIP).

Editor (with Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson), Selected papers from the First Workshop in the Philosophy of Information and Logic, a volume in the Knowledge, Rationality, and Action (KRA) Series published by Synthese.

Guest editor of "The Philosophy of Information, its Nature and Future Developments", a special issue of The Information Society.

Guest editor (with Matteo Turilli) of "Ethics and Software Design", a special issue of Ethics and Information Technology.

Editor (with Gian Paolo Terravecchia) Breve Dizionario di Filosofia (Roma: Carocci).

Keynote speaker, Conference, Catholic University of Lisbon (Lisbon, 23-25 June 2009).

Invited speaker, Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University (Ankara, 12-15 March 2009).

Invited speaker, Philosophy of Science and Technology Division, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing, September 21-30, 2008).

Keynote speaker, Lettura Magistrale “Il futuro della conoscenza nella società dell’informazione”, XXXVI CONGRESSO NAZIONALE S.I.M.F.E.R., (Rome, Palazzo dei Congressi, 16 November 2008).

Invited speaker, Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (Pavia, dtb, October 2008 - March 2009).

Keynote speaker, Symposium on Philosophy and Informatics, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie, in collaboration with the SIG Philosophy and Informatics (University of Paderborn, Germany, September 28-29, 2008).

Invited speaker, Session on Research Ethics, ESRC Research Methods Festival (St Catherine’s College, Oxford, 2 July 2008).

Invited speaker, Conference on Philosophy and Intellectual Property, Institute of Philosophy, London University (London, 29-30 May, 2008).

Invited speaker, E-Learning in Dialogue: Innovative Teaching and Learning in Philosophy and Religious Studies, Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies, School of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds (HEA - York, 14-15 May, 2008).