Timothy Colburn

Philosophy and Computer Science (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing the philosphical basics of computer science and the contributions that philosophy and computer science can make to each other, this text investigates what makes computer science an empirical science and offers philosophical issues associated with artificial intelligence practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317462828
• Artikelnr.: 42901289

Autorenporträt

Timothy R. Colburn received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Brown University in 1979, and his M.S. in computer science from Michigan State University in 1981. He has worked as a philosophy professor, a computer programmer, and a research scientist in artificial intelligence. He is currently an associate professor of computer science at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He can be reached via e-mail at [e-mail].

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 1 Philosophical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 2 The Definition and Scope of AI
Chapter 3 AI and the History of Philosophy
Chapter 4 AI and the Rise of Contemporary Science and Philosophy
Part 2 The New Encounter of Science and Philosophy
Chapter 5 AI and Logic
Chapter 6 Models of the Mind
Chapter 7 Models of Reasoning
Chapter 8 The Naturalization of Epistemology
Part 3 The Philosophy of Computer Science
Chapter 9 Computer Science and Mathematics
Chapter 10 Two Views of Computer Science
Chapter 11 Abstraction in Computer Science
Chapter 12 Software, Abstraction, and Ontology