Computational Artifacts Towards a Philosophy of Computer Science
The philosophy of computer science is concerned with issues that arise from reflection upon the nature and practice of the discipline of computer science. This book presents an approach to the subject that is centered upon the notion of computational
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Computational Artifacts Towards a Philosophy of Computer Science
Computational Artifacts
Raymond Turner
Computational Artifacts Towards a Philosophy of Computer Science
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Raymond Turner School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering University of Essex Colchester, UK
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Preface
This book has been some time coming. There are several reasons for this. For some of the subject matter I had a clear conception of the central questions and concerns, but there were other aspects for which my ideas were barely worked out. Preliminary work on these other topics took considerable time. Not only had I not given them much thought, but neither had anyone else. More generally, the literature on the philosophy of computer science, at least in my conception of it, was sparse. Secondly, I had no overriding conceptual framework. This made it difficult even to organize the material that I did have. Eventually this was provided by the notion of a technical artifact, and with this the speed of writing increased a little. But there was still a major concern: how to fit all the topics which I now felt should be part of any such book within this framework. Here the literature on the philosophy of technology provided some real help, but there was still considerable work to do on reinterpreting matters in computational terms. Thirdly, the book must appeal, and be accessible to, philosophers as well as computer
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