Terrell Ward Bynum
Terrell Ward Bynum (born 1941) is an American
philosopher, writer and editor. Bynum is currently director of the Research Center on Computing and Society at
Southern Connecticut State University, where he is also a professor of philosophy, and visiting professor in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility in
De Montfort University,
Leicester, England. He is best known as a pioneer and historian in the field of
computer and
information ethics; for his achievements in that field, he was awarded the
Barwise Prize of the
American Philosophical Association, the
Weizenbaum Award of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology, and the 2011
Covey Award of the
International Association for Computing and Philosophy. In addition, Bynum was the founder and longtime editor-in-chief of the philosophy journal ''Metaphilosophy'' (1968 to 1993); a key founding figure (1974–1980) and the first executive director (1980–1982) of the
American Association of Philosophy Teachers; biographer of the philosopher/ mathematician
Gottlob Frege, as well as a translator of Frege's early works in
logic. Bynum's most recent research and publications concern the ultimate nature of the universe and the impact of the
information revolution upon philosophy.
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