Thinking machines and the philosophy of computer science concepts and principles /

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Vallverdú, Jordi.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
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504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 # |a 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 -- 
505 0 # |a 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. 
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650 # 0 |a Computer science  |x Philosophy. 
650 # 0 |a Computers  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
650 # 0 |a Artificial intelligence. 
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653 # # |a Information and molecular networks 
653 # # |a Programming languages 
653 # # |a Substance dualism 
653 # # |a Knowledge, truth, and values in computer science 
653 # # |a Logic and abstraction 
653 # # |a Lakatos-style reasoning 
653 # # |a Deconstructive design 
653 # # |a Philosophy of information 
653 # # |a Philosophy of computer science 
653 # # |a Computer and information ethics 
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