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Philosophy and Computing (eBook, PDF)

Essays in Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, and Ethics

Redaktion: Powers, Thomas M.

Beschreibung

Surveys critical emerging issues in the philosophy of computing

Examines how computation has changed philosophical inquiry

Explores applied issues related to ethical, social, and political interest

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Autor

Thomas M. Powers is the founding director of the Center for Science, Ethics, and Public Policy at the University of Delaware.  He holds appointments as Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.  His research concerns ethics in science and engineering, the philosophy of technology, and environmental ethics, and his publications range from topics in artificial intelligence and robotic ethics to the ethical aspects of design. Powers received a B.A. in philosophy (College of William and Mary) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (University of Texas at Austin).  He has been a DAAD-Fulbright dissertation-year fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, a National Science Foundation fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, and a visiting researcher (2015) at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire d'Informatique - Équipe: Agents Cognitifs et A pprentissage Symbolique Automatique.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319610436
• Artikelnr.: 53063864

Rezensionen

"The volume is wide-ranging and rich, and contains much that cannot be covered in a single review. It should have something of interest to anyone working on contemporary philosophy of computers and computation." (Colin Klein,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, ndpr.nd.edu, May, 2018)