Philosophy and Computer Science
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56324-990-7 (ISBN)
Colburn (computer science, U. of Minnesota-Duluth) has a doctorate in philosophy and an advanced degree in computer science; he's worked as a philosophy professor, a computer programmer, and a research scientist in artificial intelligence. Here he discusses the philosophical foundations of artificial intelligence; the new encounter of science and philosophy (logic, models of the mind and of reasoning, epistemology); and the philosophy of computer science (touching on math, abstraction, software, and ontology).
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 tcolburn@d.umn.edu.
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;
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.11.1999 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 476 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
| Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-56324-990-1 / 1563249901 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-56324-990-7 / 9781563249907 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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