Philosophy and computing : essays in epistemology, philosophy of mind, logic, and ethics /: essays in epistemology, philosophy of mind, logic, and ethics. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas M. Powers, editor.
• Editors: Powers, Thomas M
• Contents: ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction: Intersecting Traditions in the Philosophy of Computing""; ""2 Levels of Computational Explanation""; ""2.1 Representation, Syntax, and Hardware""; ""2.2 Representational Description of Artificial Computation""; ""2.2.1 Representation Elucidated""; ""2.2.2 The Value of Representational Description""; ""2.3 Syntactic Description of Artificial Computation""; ""2.4 Natural Computing Systems""; ""2.4.1 Representational Description of Mental Computation""; ""2.4.2 Syntactic Description of Mental Computation""; ""2.4.3 A Case Study: Mammalian Cognitive Maps"" ""2.5 Contrast Between Artificial and Natural Computation""""2.6 Minds and Machines""; ""References""; ""3 On the Relation of Computing to the World""; ""3.1 Preface""; ""3.1.1 From Philosophy to Computer Science, and Back Again""; ""3.1.2 The Philosophy of Computer Science""; ""3.2 A Common Thread: Computing and the World""; ""3.2.1 Some Thought Experiments""; ""3.2.1.1 Rey's and Fodor's Chess and War Programs""; ""3.2.1.2 Cleland's Recipe for Hollandaise Sauce""; ""3.2.1.3 A Blocks-World Robot""; ""3.2.1.4 A GCD Program""; ""3.2.1.5 A Spreadsheet""; ""3.2.2 What Is Computer Science?"" ""3.2.3 What Is a Computer?""""3.2.4 What Is Computation?""; ""3.2.5 What Is a Computer Program?""; ""3.3 Inputs, Turing Machines, and Outputs""; ""3.3.1 Are Inputs Needed?""; ""3.3.2 Are Outputs Needed?""; ""3.3.3 When Are Inputs and Outputs Needed?""; ""3.3.4 Must Inputs and Outputs Be Interpreted Alike?""; ""3.4 Are Algorithms Teleological (Intentional)?""; ""3.4.1 What Is an Algorithm?""; ""3.4.2 Do Algorithms Need a Purpose?""; ""3.4.3 Can Algorithms Have More than One Purpose?""; ""3.4.4 What if G and P Come Apart?""; ""3.5 Do We Compute with Symbols or with Meanings?"" ""3.5.1 What Is This Turing Machine Doing?""""3.5.2 Syntactic Semantics""; ""3.5.2.1 Syntax vs. Semantics""; ""3.5.2.2 Syntactic Semantics""; ""3.5.3 Internalization""; ""3.5.3.1 Shapiro's Internalization Tactic""; ""3.6 Interactive (Hyper?)Computation""; ""3.7 Program Verification and the Limits of Computation""; ""3.7.1 Program Verification""; ""3.7.2 The Limits of Computation: Putting the World into Computers""; ""3.8 Summary and Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4 Cognitive Computation sans Representation""; ""4.1 Introduction"" ""4.2 Critique of the Semantic Account of Computation in Physical Systems""""4.3 Semantics, Syntax and Formalization""; ""4.4 The Computational Paradigm""; ""4.5 The Postulation of Cognitive `Content'""; ""4.5.1 The Narrow Version""; ""4.5.2 Content Goes Wide""; ""4.6 `Representation' Talk as a Purely Pragmatic Device""; ""4.7 Behavior Versus Meaning""; ""4.8 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""5 Software Error as a Limit to Inquiry for Finite Agents: Challenges for the Post-human Scientist""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.1.1 In the Limit of Inquiry""; ""5.1.2 Software and Error""
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 004.01; Philosophy; Computer science -- Philosophy; Knowledge, Theory of; COMPUTERS / Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS / Computer Science; COMPUTERS / Data Processing; COMPUTERS / Hardware / General; COMPUTERS / Information Technology; COMPUTERS / Machine Theory; COMPUTERS / Reference; Computer science -- Philosophy; Knowledge, Theory of; Philosophy; Computers -- Social Aspects -- General; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Computer Industry; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Ethical & social aspects of IT; Business mathematics & systems; Ethics & moral philosophy; Artificial intelligence; Computer science; Big data; Engineering ethics; Artificial intelligence; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319610436; 3319610430
• Related ISBNs: 9783319610429; 3319610422
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 1, 2017).
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