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Computing and Philosophy

Selected Papers from IACAP 2014

  • Vincent C. Müller
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Part of the Synthese Library book series (SYLI, volume 375)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Philosophy of Computing

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. What Is a Computational Constraint?
      Cem Bozşahin
      Pages 3-16
    3. Computing Mechanisms and Autopoietic Systems
      Joe Dewhurst
      Pages 17-26
    4. Are Gandy Machines Really Local?
      Vincenzo Fano, Pierluigi Graziani, Roberto Macrelli, Gino Tarozzi
      Pages 27-44
    5. A Refutation of the Church-Turing Thesis According to Some Interpretation of What the Thesis Says
      Doukas Kapantaïs
      Pages 45-62
    6. In What Sense Does the Brain Compute?
      Paul Schweizer
      Pages 63-79

  3. Philosophy of Computer Science & Discovery

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 81-81
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    2. Computational Scientific Discovery and Cognitive Science Theories
      Mark Addis, Peter D. Sozou, Peter C. Lane, Fernand Gobet
      Pages 83-97
    3. Discovering Empirical Theories of Modular Software Systems. An Algebraic Approach
      Nicola Angius, Petros Stefaneas
      Pages 99-115
    4. Introducing the Doxastically Centered Approach to Formalizing Relevance Bonds in Conditionals
      Selmer Bringsjord, John Licato, Daniel Arista, Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu, Paul F. Bello
      Pages 117-131
    5. From Silico to Vitro: Computational Models of Complex Biological Systems Reveal Real-World Emergent Phenomena
      Orly Stettiner
      Pages 133-147

  4. Philosophy of Cognition & Intelligence

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 149-149
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    2. Why We Shouldn’t Reason Classically, and the Implications for Artificial Intelligence
      Douglas Campbell
      Pages 151-165
    3. Cognition as Higher-Order Regulation
      Stefano Franchi
      Pages 167-178
    4. Eliminativisms, Languages of Thought, & the Philosophy of Computational Cognitive Modeling
      Marcello Guarini
      Pages 179-190
    5. A Mechanistic Account of Computational Explanation in Cognitive Science and Computational Neuroscience
      Marcin Miłkowski
      Pages 191-205
    6. Internal Supervision & Clustering: A New Lesson from ‘Old’ Findings?
      Alexandros Tillas
      Pages 207-225

  5. Computing & Society

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 227-227
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    2. Floridi/Flusser: Parallel Lives in Hyper/Posthistory
      Vassilis Galanos
      Pages 229-243
    3. Machine Ethics and Modal Psychology
      Paul F. Bello
      Pages 245-258
    4. My Liver Is Broken, Can You Print Me a New One?
      Marty J. Wolf, Nir Fresco
      Pages 259-269
    5. Robots, Ethics and Software – FOSS vs. Proprietary Licenses
      Marty J. Wolf, Frances Grodzinsky, Keith W. Miller
      Pages 271-282

About this book

Introduction

This volume offers very selected papers from the 2014 conference of the “International Association for Computing and Philosophy” (IACAP) - a conference tradition of 28 years. The theme of the papers is the two-way relation between computing technologies and philosophical questions: Computing technologies both raise new philosophical questions, and shed light on traditional philosophical problems. The chapters cover: 1) philosophy of computing, 2) philosophy of computer science & discovery, 3) philosophy of cognition & intelligence, 4) computing & society, and 5) ethics of computation.

Keywords

Computing and Society Ethics of Computing Philosophy of Cognitive Science Philosophy of Computation Philosophy of Computer Science Theory of Computation

Editors and affiliations

  • Vincent C. Müller
    • 1
  1. 1.Anatolia College/ACTThessalonikiGreece

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23291-1
  • Copyright Information Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
  • Publisher Name Springer, Cham
  • eBook Packages Religion and Philosophy
  • Print ISBN 978-3-319-23290-4
  • Online ISBN 978-3-319-23291-1
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