论信息圈与新“天人合一”

On the Infosphere and New Man-Nature Harmony

当代信息哲学的前沿代表人物之一弗洛里迪(Floridi)强调信息圈作为对人类未来的生存图景,正在不断地对人的存在进行再本体论化,将物理世界和信息世界逐渐融合,而人在信息圈中将作为信息体而被重塑。信息体本质上是由信息所建构的,这便使其与信息圈更具有同一性。这一同一性与张世英的新“天人合一”理念是相通的,人在确证自身的同时使得自己的本质被置入于无限关联的存在之网中,后者在张世英那里叫做“天”或者“万有”,而在弗洛里迪这里就是“信息圈”。

Floridi,one of the leading representatives of contemporary information philosophy,emphasized that the infosphere,as the future survival background of human beings,is constantly re-ontologizing human existence,gradually integrating the physical world and the information world,and people will also be reshaped as informant in the infosphere.Informant are essentially constructed by information,which makes it more identical with the infosphere.This identity is interlinked with Zhang Shiying’s concept of the new Man-Nature Harmony.While man confirms himself,he also puts his essence into the network of infinite connected existence,which is called“Tian”or“Wanyou”in the philosophy of Zhang Shiying,and“infosphere”in Floridi’s case.