Disinformation and semantic information: the Philosophy of Information and the contribution of Luciano Floridi's thought to information reliability

摘要

This article presents the Philosophy of Information, a theoretical and methodological approach developed by Luciano Floridi as proper epistemological foundation to information society, a term presented as representative of the current social and historical scenario. Through a study of exploratory character, this paper discusses crucial concepts of Floridi's thought, such as semantic information and information veridicality, to demonstrate how the author tackles the issue of disinformation. Finally, Floridi's ideas are related to the notion of information reliability a concept to be developed in contemporary context in order to combat disinformation.