Rafael Capurro

Born 1945 in Montevideo [Uruguay]. Licentiate in Philosophy from Salvador University [Buenos Aires]. Research worker at Zentralstelle für Atomkernenergie-Dokumentation [Karlsruhe] [1972/73], Dr.phil. from Düsseldorf University. Information Management at FIZ Karlsruhe [1979-85]. Postdoctoral teaching qualification in Philosophy from Stuttgart Univ. [1989]. Lecturer in Philosophy at Stuttgart University [since 1987]. Professor of Information Science at Univ. of Library and Inf.Studies [ULIS, Stuttgart/FH Stuttgart HBI].

Main fields of research: foundations of information science, information ethics, philosophy of media.

Main publications:

Information, München 1978.
Hermeneutik der Fachinformation. Freiburg/München 1986.
Leben im Informationszeitalter, Berlin 1995.

Kontakt:: Universität Stuttgart,
Institut für Philosophie,
Dillmannstr. 15,
D- 70049 Stuttgart.
email: capurro@hbi-stuttgart.de
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Beiträge im INFORMATIK FORUM:

Is a Unified Theory of Information Feasible? Heft 97/1

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