Chapters four and five of 'The logic of information' by Floridi (2019) explore the relationship between information and knowledge, arguing that knowledge is 'accounted information' - information that is well formed, meaningful, true and explained within a network of relations. The text examines perception and testimony as data providers, rather than knowledge itself, and proposes a constructionist hypothesis in which data gain meaning through cognitive reappropriation. This process, termed 'data hacking', explains how humans create non-natural meanings that distinguish them from other agents. The author concludes that humans are uniquely successful because of this ability to creatively manipulate data. A later section of the PDF examines the challenges of big data, arguing that there is an urgent need to identify 'small patterns' in massive data sets and to refine information quality assessment methods to better account for these patterns.

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Floridi, L. (2019). The logic of information: A theory of philosophy as conceptual design (First edition). Oxford University Press. (pp. 71-112)

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