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Philosophy of computer science : an introduction to the issues and the literature / William J. Rapaport

By:

Rapaport, William J [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2023Description: xx, 508 pages : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781119891901

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Contents:

Part I. Philosophy and computer science

An introduction to the Philosophy of computer science

Philosophy : a personal view

Part II. Computer science, computers, and computation

What is computer science?

Science

Engineering

Computer : a brief history

Algorithms and computability

Turing's analysis of computation

Computers : a philosophical perspective

Part III. The Church-Turing computability thesis

Procedures

Hypercomputation

Part IV. Computer programs

Software and hardware

Implementation

Computer programs as scientific theories

Computer programs as mathematical objects

Programs and the world

Part V. Computer ethics and artificial intelligence

Computer ethics I : should we trust computers?

Philosophy of artificial intelligence

Computer ethics II : should we build artificial intelligences?

Part VI. Closing remarks

Computer science : a personal view

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Reference	R 004 R216p 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 1	Room use only	57639QC

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-494) and index.