Thinking machines and the philosophy of computer science concepts and principles
Title:
Thinking machines and the philosophy of computer science concepts and principles
Author:
Vallverdú, Jordi.
ISBN:
9781616920159
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxv, 435 p. : ill.) : digital files.
General Note:
"Premier reference source."--Cover.
Contents:
1. How to account for information / Luciano Floridi -- 2. The fundamental properties of information-carrying relations / Hilmi Demir -- 3. Biological information as natural computation / Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic -- 4. On biological computing, information and molecular networks / Walter Riofrio -- 5. Programming languages as mathematical theories / Ray Turner -- 6. The Hypercomputational case for substance dualism / Selmer Bringsjord -- 7. Identity in the real world-- Matteo Casu, Luca Albergante -- 8. Knowledge, truth, and values in computer science / Timothy Colburn, Gary Shute -- 9. Logic and abstraction as capabilities of the mind / David Saab, Uwe Riss -- 10. Applying Lakatos-style reasoning to AI domains-- Alison Pease ... [et al.] -- 11. Deconstructive design as an approach for opening trading zones / Doris Allhutter, Roswitha Hofmann -- 12. Scientific authorship and E-commons / Luc Schneider -- 13. Armchair warfare 'on terrorism'. on robots, targeted assassinations and strategic violations of international law / Jutta Weber -- 14. Information technology, the good and modernity / Pak-Hang Wong -- 15. Computing, philosophy and reality: a novel logical approach / Joseph Brenner -- 16. Computational space, time and quantum mechanics / Michael Nicolaidis -- 17. Seeing for knowing: the Thomas effect and computational science / Jordi Vallverdú --
18. Computer simulations and traditional experimentation: from a material point of view / Juan Durán -- 19. What is it like to be a robot? / Kevin Warwick -- 20. Why AI and robotics are going nowhere fast / Antoni Diller -- 21. Embodying cognition: a morphological perspective / David Casacuberta, Saray Ayala, Jordi Vallverdú -- 22. Challenges of complex systems in cognitive and complex systems / Klaus Mainzer.
Abstract:
"This book offers a high interdisciplinary exchange of ideas pertaining to the philosophy of computer science, from philosophical and mathematical logic to epistemology, engineering, ethics or neuroscience experts and outlines new problems that arise with new tools"--Provided by publisher.
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