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SPI: Society for the Philosophy of Information

Following a 10-year period of formal and informal collaboration between 
several researchers, the establishment of the Society for the Philosophy 
of Information (SPI, [1]) inaugurates the next phase in the development of 
the philosophy of information as an independent and self-sustained 
philosophical field.

The Society was founded during the fourth workshop on the philosophy of 
information [2] held at the University of Hertfordshire in May 2012, and 
is now ready to open its membership to anyone interested in the philosophy 
of information while promoting its scientific and educational activities.

Prior collaborations, including part of the work done at the Oxford-based 
IEG research-group [3], several editorial projects [4-8], and a highly 
successful workshop-series [9], will find a new home in this society. In 
addition to this legacy, several new activities will be launched and led 
by some of the current members of the society [10].

Concretely, the SPI:

- brings together scholars in the area harnessing the multidisciplinary 
and international nature of the Philosophy of Information;

- organises workshops, seminars, conferences and other similar activities 
to explore the philosophical issues concerning the concept of information 
and its cognate notions;

- publishes teaching material for undergraduate and graduate courses on 
the Philosophy of Information;

- maintains a state-of-the-art collection of bibliographic resources; 
fosters editorial projects and funding proposals.

In this way, the SPI offers learning and research instruments to 
undergraduate and graduate students, while promoting the academic network 
and activities of junior and senior academics whose work focuses on the 
Philosophy of Information.

The website of the SPI (http://www.socphilinfo.org) is the main centre of 
activity where we present the aim and focus of the philosophy of 
information, the mission of its society, and, most importantly, provide 
information about the current and soon to be launched activities of the 
SPI. The current activities include:

- a regularly updated PI-related news feed;

- an overview of previous workshops in the philosophy of information, and 
an announcement of the fifth workshop;

- a brand new textbook [11] on the philosophy of information that forms 
the cornerstone of our teaching resources;

While the soon to be launched activities include:

- a sustained presence of SPI-sponsored sessions at international 
conferences;

- a repository of teaching resources, including an overview of courses in 
the philosophy of information that are currently taught;

- bibliographic resources on the philosophy of information, including an 
annotated bibliography;

- an overview of the many edited volumes and monographs on the philosophy 
of information that were published during the last ten years;

- book-reviews and book-symposia on notable publications that fit within 
or are relevant to the philosophy of information.

Interested researchers and students are encouraged to support this 
enterprise by becoming a member (link) and by taking part in the 
activities of the society.


LINKS
[1] http://www.socphilinfo.org/
[2] http://philosophyofinformation.net/WPI/4WPI/Home.html
[3] http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/activities/ieg/home.html
[4] http://link.springer.com/journal/11023/13/4/page/1
[5] http://link.springer.com/journal/11023/14/1/page/1
[6] http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~pallo/Archives/2006/LogicandthePhilosophyofI.html
[7] http://link.springer.com/journal/11229/167/2/page/1
[8] http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444338676.html
[9] http://www.socphilinfo.org/workshops
[10] http://www.socphilinfo.org/about-spi/activity-leaders
[11] http://www.socphilinfo.org/teaching/book-pi-intro