Computational Artifacts: Towards a Philosophy of Computer Science (Theory and Applications of Computability) - Hardcover

Turner, Raymond

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3662555646 ISBN 13: 9783662555644

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

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 artefact. It provides an analysis of the things of computer science as technical artefacts. Seeing them in this way enables the application of the analytical tools and concepts from the philosophy of technology to the technical artefacts of computer science.

With this conceptual framework the author examines some of the central philosophical concerns of computer science including the foundations of semantics, the logical role of specification, the nature of correctness, computational ontology and abstraction, formal methods, computational epistemology and explanation, the methodology of computer science, and the nature of computation.

The book will be of value to philosophers and computer scientists.

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About the Author

Raymond Turner is an emeritus professor of the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering of the University of Essex. His research interests include theoretical computer science, mathematical logic, philosophical logic, philosophy of mathematics, and the philosophy of computer science.

From the Back Cover

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 artefact. It provides an analysis of the things of computer science as technical artefacts. Seeing them in this way enables the application of the analytical tools and concepts from the philosophy of technology to the technical artefacts of computer science.

With this conceptual framework the author examines some of the central philosophical concerns of computer science including the foundations of semantics, the logical role of specification, the nature of correctness, computational ontology and abstraction, formal methods, computational epistemology and explanation, the methodology of computer science, and the nature of computation.

The book will be of value to philosophers and computer scientists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3662555646
• ISBN 13: 9783662555644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270