Philosophy and Computer Science - Timothy R. Colburn

Product Details

Series: Explorations in Philosophy
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc; 1St Edition edition (December 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 156324991X
ISBN-13: 978-1563249914

About the Author

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).