Principles and Issues of Luciano Floridi's Philosophy of Information

“Philosophy of Information” is an appellation coined by Luciano Floridi, thecontemporary Italian philosopher, to refer to a new field in the philosophical studies.Philosophy of Information which is among ‘the philosophies of’ enjoys bothphenomenological aspect and metatheoritical aspect. Philosophy of Information (PI)concerned with the critical investigation of the conceptual nature and basicprinciples of information including dynamics of information and application ofsciences relevant to information; it also deals with the elaboration and application ofinformation-theoretic and computational methodologies to philosophical problems.The essay ahead, initially presents the historical development of emergingPhilosophy of Information in the history of western thought; then it explains 18issues of this theoretical area.