§3.1wecandevisesemanticaccountsthatreflectanylevelofimplementationdetail. Wittgenstein's Method and System. ),Amsterdam:North, http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2008/entries/philosophymathematics/, (Fall2006Edition),EdwardN.Zalta(ed. It targets professionals and students in fields outside of philosophy such as computer science and engineering, who often look to sources in philosophy for design ideas or for a critical framework for practice. ,Kling,R.(ed.),MorganKaufman,pp.810–825. Russell Rejects Neo-Hegelianism. Dummett,M.,2006,“ThoughtandReality”,OxfordUniversityPress. 5. As such, the article introduces a relatively unexplored area of research, not only in Uruguay but in the whole Latin American region. The socalled philosophy of computer science is said to be concerned with conceptual issues that arise from reflection on the nature of computer science. Strawson's 'Logical Neo-Traditionalism'. 6. Philosophy of science 1 Philosophy of science Part of a series on Science • Outline • Portal • Category The philosophy of science is concerned with all the assumptions, foundations, methods, implications of science, and with the use and merit of science. Two Types of Language. At this writing, over 50 people from nine countries have signed onto The Rules ( Ad Hoc Committee, 2010 ). Indeed, the hope is that PCS will eventually contribute to a deeper understanding of the nature of computer science. © 2008-2021 ResearchGate GmbH. )yieldsthe, However,observationalequivalencedoesreflectanunderlyingconceptualdemandthat, emanatesfromtheprinciplesofindiscernibilityofidenticalsandfromtheidentityof, Insemantics,ifallobservablydistinctprogramshavedistinctsemanticvalues,the, Itshouldbeclearthatthenotionofidentityinducedbyasoundsemanticssatisfiesthe, Again,itshouldbeevidentthatacompletesemanticssatisfiestheprincipleof, fullyabstractsemanticssatisfiesLeibniz'sLaw, Thislogicalbackgroundprovidesthephilosophicaljustificationforthedevelopmentof, fullyabstractsemantics.Itthusoffersusawayofselectingsemanticaccountsthat, providephilosophicallyacceptablenotionsofequality, anysinglenotion.Itonlyprovidesatoolforrejectingthosethatcannotdelivera, conceptuallyacceptableone.Manysocalleddenotationalsemanticsarenotfully, abstract,whereasmanyoperationalonesare.Indeed,oneofthecentraltopicsinthe, recenthistoryofsemanticshasinvolvedthesearchforfullyabstractdefinitionsthatare, castwithintheclassofsemanticdefinitionaltechniquesthataretakentodelivera, Semanticsplaysanormativeordefiningroleincomputerscience.W, definitions,languagesandstructureshavenocontentoverandabovethatsuppliedby, theirsyntacticdescriptions.Andthelatterarehardlysufficientforpracticalor, philosophicalpurposes.Whilewehavemadeastartontheanalysisofthecentral. (Copeland2004;Copeland2007;Hodges2006), 23.Whatistheappropriatelogicwithwhichtoreasonaboutprogramcorrectnessand, termination?(Hoare1969;Feferman1992)Howisthelogicdependentuponthe, 24.Whatisinformation?(Floridi2004;Floridi2005)Doesthisnotionthrowlighton. In the philosophy of science, especially, there is no clear line where the philosophy ends and the science begins. Philosophy of Computer Science by William J. Rapaport, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction (Part II) by Jerome Saltzer and M. Frans Kaashoek. 6. G.E. 3: Ludwig Wittgenstein - Logical Meditations. The diversity of computer science also causes friction between computer scientists from different branches. We share and discuss any content that computer scientists find interesting. Indeed,it is hard to find an area of life that has not been fundamentallychanged and enhanced by their application. characterizedviaamappingbetweentwodomains:asyntacticoneandasemanticone. counterpartthatwasbeingtested;notthetextualprogram. Perhapsmattersarebestdescribedbysayingthatprograms,astextualobjects,, mechanicalprocesses?Theideaseemstobethatsomehowthetextualobjectphysically, causesthemechanicalprocess.Butthiswouldseemtodemandsomerathercareful, analysisofthenatureofsuchacausalrelation.Colburn(2004)deniesthatthesymbolic, texthasthecausaleffect;itisitsphysicalmanifestation(thethingonthedisk)thathas, Aslightlydifferentperspectiveontheseissuesstartsfromthequestionofprogram, attemptstodeterminethelegalidentityofapieceofsoftware.Ifweidentifyaprogram, withitstextualmanifestationthentheidentityofaprogramissensitivetochangesinits, appearance(e.g.changingthefont).Evidently, withanyphilosophicallyinterestingnotionofprogramidentity, informedcriterionofidentityweneedtotakemoreaccountofsemanticsand, Whateverviewwetakeofprograms,thealgorithmprogramdistinctionisalsoinneedof, furtherconceptualclarification.Algorithmsareoftentakentobemathematicalobjects.If, thisistruethenmanyofthephilosophicalissuesconcerningthemalsobelongtothe, philosophyofmathematics.However,algorithmsarear, sciencethantomathematicsanddeservemorephilosophicalattentionthantheyhave, beengiven.Whiletherehasbeensomeconsiderablemathematicalstudyofalgorithmsin, theoreticalcomputerscienceandmathematicallogic(e.g.,Moschovakis1997;Blass&, Gurevich2003)therehasnotbeenagreatdealofphilosophicaldiscussionthatiscentred. It is based on a course I created for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. 1. Similarly, few people know that the \father of computer science", Alan Turing, was also a … demandthatproofs,inordertobetakeninandvalidated,needtograspable. Differentsemanticaccountsdeterminedifferentnotionsofequalitythatcanserve, differentconceptualandpracticalends.Butthenwhichoneshouldbetakentodetermine, downtheoptions:somesemanticaccountsprovideuswithalogicallysatisfactorynotion. In particular, the second, third and fourth sections will reflect the impact of ontology and the philosophies of language and mathematics. 3. ABOUT THE JOURNAL Frequency: 5 issues/year, including conference proceedings ISSN: 0031-8248 E-ISSN: 1539-767X 2018 JCR Impact Factor*: 1.217 Ranked #10 out of 62 in History & Philosophy of Science. .>. 8. In this paper, we use The Rules to examine issues of trust. 1. 25.Whyaretheresomanyprogramminglanguagesandprogrammingparadigms? The book investigates the two concepts on which the bridge that connects semantics to metaphysics rests, meaning and truth, and the role of justification in a theory of meaning. I am certianly involved in the teachings and propose systematic and historic studies in the intereface between knowledge and meaning, in my case, with a strong logical perspective on philosophy of mathematics; philosophy of logic; cognition, philosophy of, The subject matter of computer science encompasses a large number of different activities that range from abstract mathematical topics through core engineering practices and scientific investigations. After a brief presentation of the main ideas of Appel and Haken’s procedure for the proof and a reconstruction of Thomas Tymoczko’s argument for the novelty of 4CT’s proof, we shall formulate some questions regarding the connections between the points raised by Tymoczko and some wittgensteinian topics in the philosophy of mathematics such as the importance of the surveyability as a criterion for distinguishing mathematical proofs from empirical experiments. Ryle's Plato. 4. Philosophy can use computer science as a vehicle for -possible ‗experimental Philosophy' which is able to provide practical tests for different philosophical ideas‖ [11]. Epistemology and Truth. II: Oxford Analytical Philosophy. Moore's Archimedean Point. Thephysicaldisputeconcernsthecapabilitiesofactualmachines(interpretationII. Yet students in such fields struggle to navigate thinkers’ writings. ),URL=, http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2001/entries/abstractobjects/, PhilosophyofMathematics:StructureandOntology, ,Lowe,B.,Sorbi,A.andCooper,B.(eds.),Springer. Scott Soames, a leading philosopher of language and historian of analytic philosophy, provides the fullest and most detailed account of the analytic tradition yet published, one that is unmatched in its chronological range, topics. Objects, States of Affairs, Propositions. Logic has been called “the calculus of computer science,” meaning that it plays a role in computer science similar to that played by calculus in the physical sciences and the engineering disciplines. This chapter is devoted to studying of value antinomies of the modern age: information and knowledge, virtuality and reality, feelings and game, friendship and contacts, etc. The existing influence of these disciplines on PCS will emerge as we proceed. Logic has the most straightforward application to computer science. TuringonlyconcernsinterpretationIanddoesnotsetalimitonmachinesingeneral. After all, many people who write programs are not computer scientists. No single definition of computer simulation is appropriate. The Creative Turn. Thisanalysissuggeststhatthereisadualityinthenotionofcorrectnessofprograms. Theory of Meaning. 3. expressionofthevaluesattachedtotheprogramvariables. Bachelor of Science in Informatics and Interactive Media Arts (offered jointly with the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts) Bachelor of Science in Computer Science; Bachelor of Science in Informatics; Bachelor of Science in Informatics (Online Joint Collaborative) Austin as a Philosopher. It is noted that developing and using visual languages can have considerable impact on the development of nano-bio-info-cogno technologies (NBIC) as well as on the research in the field of cognitive management, artificial intelligence as modeling visual thinking and other research areas. Logical Subjects. locatedintermsofthenotionofimplementation,i.e.,canitbecompiledandexecuted? Whatisthedifferencebetweenasemanticinterpretationandanimplementation?For, example,whatistheconceptualdifferencebetweencompilingaprogramintomachine, codeandgivingitadenotationalsemantics?AccordingtoRapaport(2005b),an, implementationisbestviewedassemanticinterpretation,wherethelatteris. Epistemology and Ontology. To learn more, view our, Increasing Interdisciplinarity by Distance Learning: Examples Connecting Economics with Software Engineering, and Computing with Philosophy. 7. the relation between philosophy and science.1 I will start by outlining a general view of philosophy, and afterwards consider philosophy of science. Logical Meditations. The two Onewayinwhichtheymightbedifferentpertainstothecomplexityofsoftware(Brooks, 1987)whichexceedsthecomplexityofanyotherkindofhumanartefactbyordersof, magnitude.Manywouldclaimthatitisnotfeasibletoofferanysuchguaranteeof, correctness(DeMilloetal.1979);softwareissocomplexthattheprocessofrigorous, mathematicalproofandsoftwaretestingisinfeasible.And,presumably. It is certainly not just programming. It is identified that the electronic environment allows to transform communication, change the character of sociality, existence and transcendence of a person in the virtual being. Was Wittgenstein a Philosopher of Language? It then examines the special semantic and metaphysical issues that arise with relation to time and tense, putting forward the author's controversial view of reality as indeterminate: there may be no fact of the matter about whether an object does or does not have a given property. Subject and Predicate Again. languagehasbeensetout,muchofitsontologicalsettinghasbeenfixed. http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2007/entries/compositionality/, (Summer2005Edition),EdwardN.Zalta(ed. exactformulaicdefinitioncanactasmorethanaguidetothediscussionthatfollows. Analogies and similarities from these and other branches of philosophy should prove helpful in identifying and clarifying some of the central philosophical concerns of computer science. ),URL=, http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2006/entries/computability/, http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2006/entries/russellparadox/, ProgrammingLanguages:ApplicationandInterpr, WittgensteinonRulesandPrivateLanguage, ATheoryofProgrammingLanguageSemantics, TheBlackwellGuidetoPhilosophyofComputingandInformation, JournaloftheAssociationforComputingMachinery, Dales,HaroldG.andOliveri,Gianluigi(eds. Computer programming is like magic, and can teach us about faith.But it is also a practical form of philosophy. ontologyandthephilosophiesoflanguageandmathematics. philosophers actually conduct experiments, many philosophers will freely make use of empirical fmdings to support their positions. Since values are the projections of the future in the present, this chapter helps to elicit to some extent the main trend of the social-cultural dynamics of the modern high-tech society. As a discipline, computer science spans a range of topics from theoretical studies of algorithms, computation and information to the practical issues of implementing computational systems in hardware and software.. Its fields can be divided into theoretical and practical disciplines. A textbook on the philosophy of computer science. 2. Conceptual Examination. 5. iftheyhavethesamesemanticvalue,i.e., accountdeterminesacriterionofequality, semanticswouldabstractawayfromallcomputationalstepsandequateprogramsthatin, somesensecomputethesamemathematicalfunction.Forexample,thefollowingtwo. All content in this area was uploaded by Amnon H. Eden on Apr 14, 2018, All content in this area was uploaded by Amnon H. Eden on Aug 19, 2016, arisefromreflectionuponthenatureandpracticeoftheacademicdisciplineofcomputer, science.Butwhatisthelatter?Itiscertainlynotjustprogramming.Afterall,many. paradigm,thisseemstocaptureasubstantivedifference.Butitisnotappropriateforall. Many conceptual points of these disputes still require some elucidation. "The Rules" are found in a collaborative document (started in March 2010) that states principles for responsibility when a computer artifact is designed, developed and deployed into a sociotechnical system. This book considers the relation between metaphysics, our conception of the constitution of reality, and semantics, the theory that explains how statements are determined as true or as false in terms of their composition out of their constituent expressions. Investigations into information semantics and ethics of computing, Information and Computation Nets. Someissuesincomputerethicsbelongtothe, usingsoftwareraisesethicalquestions.However,manyarenotspecifictocomputer, scienceinthenarrowsenseofthisentry;theyimpingeuponthewholeofinformation, technologyandcomputerapplications(Bynum2001).Consequently. withafiniteprogramofinstructions)isTuringmachinecomputable. (2005), "Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introductory Course", Teaching Philosophy 28(4): 319–341. Linguistic Phenomenology Applied. Doing Things with Words. Report. Butmappingoutthephilosophicallandscapeofcomputerscienceisnoeasytask. CT is the way of thinking in terms of prevention, protection, and recovery from worst-case scenarios through redundancy, damage containment, and error correction. Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. The course, which is given entirely on-line, was designed for advanced graduate or postgraduate computer science students from two Finnish universities: the University of Joensuu and the University of Kuopio. 3. European Conference on Computing and …, 2006, Academia.edu uses cookies to personalize content, tailor ads and improve the user experience. Introduction. 2. representationandreasoningaboutcomputationalsystems. 9. subjecttothesamedegreeofrigorousproofandtestingassoftwarethatissafetycritical? In addition, because of the focus of computer science on formal languages and their semantic interpretation, the philosophy of computer science draws in topics and inspiration from the philosophies of language and mind. (Spring2007Edition),EdwardN.Zalta(ed. The human existence under the e-culture conditions causes a shift in its main spheres (communication, creativity, education, leisure, art), forms a range of new problems both in value, ethical and ontological-existential relations. Incontrast,adenotationalsemantics(Milne&Strachey1977)providesaninterpretation, intomathematicalstructuressuchassetsorcategories.Forexample,intheclassical, approach,sets—intheformofcompletelatticesandcontinuousfunctionsonthem—, Butisthereanysignificantconceptualdifferencebetweenthem?Isitthatdenotational, semantics,beingexplicitlybaseduponmathematicalstructuressuchassets,is, mathematicalwhereasoperationalsemanticsisnot?Turner(2007)arguesnot:theyall, Orisitthatoperationalsemanticsismore, abstractmachine,whereaswithdenotationalsemantics,whichisgiveninsettheoretic, terms,thereisnohintofanabstractmachine?Suchdistinctionshoweverhavenot, provenconceptuallysignificantbecausedenotationalsemanticaccountscanallbeseen, asstructuresthatconstituteanabstractmachinewithstatesandoperationsoperatingon, them.Norareoperationalaccountsclosertoimplementation:denotationalapproaches, (Milne&Strachey1977)arealsoveryflexibleandareabletoreflectvariouslevelsof, Anotherpossibledistinctionconcernsthecompositional(orotherwise)natureofthe, semantics.Looselyspeaking,asemanticsistakentobe, thesemanticvalueofacomplexexpressionisafunctionofthesemanticvaluesofits, parts.Compositionalityistakentobeacrucialcriterionofsemanticssinceisseems, requiredtoexplaintheproductivityofourlinguisticunderstanding:itissaidtoexplain, howweunderstandandconstructcomplexprograms.Butdoesitprovideuswitha, wedgetoseparateoperationalanddenotationalsemantics?Unfortunately, doso:whiledenotationaldefinitionsaredesignedtobecompositional,itiscertainlynot. Copyrightsprovidesomeprotectionforsoftware,buttheyareunabletoprotectits, semanticcore.Andwetakeitthatthelatteristobedeterminedbyasemanticaccount, (§3)oftheprogramminglanguageinwhichtheprogramiswritten.Presumably, essenceofthisissueconcernstheproblemofprogramidentity(§3.3).Butifthereare, manypossiblesemanticnotionsofidentity, Oneinformalsemanticaccountthatisoftencitedinlawidentifiestheprogramwiththe. implicationsforthedesignoffutureprogrammingandspecificationlanguages. 1. When I was a teen, I taught myself an old-school programming language called BASIC.Languages like BASIC are “procedural,” like a recipe.Each line has an instruction, and the computer goes from line to line, obeying commands. Computer science is the study of algorithmic processes, computational machines and computation itself. ,LucianoFloridi(ed.),Malden:Blackwell,pp.40–62. 4. Computational thinking (CT) is using abstraction and decomposition when attacking a large complex task or designing a large complex systems. ),URL=, DeMillo,R.A.,Lipton,R.J.andPerlis,A.J.,1979,“SocialProcessesandProofsof, Dummett,M.,1991,“TheLogicalBasisofMetaphysics”,HarvardUniversity. Moor,J.H.,1978,“ThreeMythsofComputerScience”,, Rep.DAIMIFN19,ComputerScienceDepartment,AarhusUniversity, Rosen,Gideon,2001.“AbstractObjects”,, Sieg,Wilfried,2008,“ChurchwithoutDogma:AxiomsforComputability”,, Smith,B.C.,1996,“LimitsofCorrectnessinComputers”,, (Spring2007Edition),EdwardN.Zalta(ed. 4. characterizingtheverynotionofalgorithm(e.g.,Moschovakis1997). Butwhatismeantbythat?Isitmeantinthesenseofhavinganexistingcompiler?This, interpretationisrathershallowbecauseitoffersnotaconceptualcriterionofdistinction, butacontingentone.Forexample,duringthefirstfivegenerationsofprogramming, languages(2ndhalfofthe20thcentury),recursive,modular,functional,andobject, orientedspecificationsofonegenerationhavecometobearticulatedasprogramsinthe, next,i.e.,today'sspecificationlanguagesfrequentlybecometomorrow'sprogramming, Anotherviewsuggeststhatprogramminglanguagesarethoselanguagesthathavean, expressnotionsthatarenotTuringcomputable.Thisdistinctionisinkeepingwithmany, existingspecificationlanguagesthatarebaseduponZermeloFraenkelsettheoryand, languageisthefactthatitcanexpressnoncomputablepropertiesandrelations.Areany, ofthesenoncomputabledemandsreallynecessaryinpractice(Jones&Hayes1990;, Thediversityoftheseviewssuggeststhatthetraditional,binarydividebetween, specificationsandprogramsisanexampleofanissuein, attention,notonlyforconceptualclarificationbutalsobecauseitmighthave. Fuchs,N.E.,1992,“SpecificationsAre(Preferably)Executable”., Hagar,Amit,2007,“QuantumAlgorithms:PhilosophicalLessons”,, Hale,B.andWright,C.,2001,“TheReason'sProperStudy:EssaystowardsNeo. I argue that this claim is conceptually confused, and misdirections our attention in studying the relationship between pre- and post- automatic computing divisions of labor. Thisisthestandardpicturethatemergesinthesemanticliterature.Butmuchofthisisin, needofconceptualclarification.Inthissectionweconsiderajustfewoftheissuesthat, Oneofthemostimportantdistinctionsinprogramminglanguagessemanticscentres, uponthedistinctionbetweenoperationalanddenotationalsemantics.Anoperational, semantics(Landin1964;Plotkin1981)providesaninterpretationofaprogramming, languageintermsofsomeabstractmachine.Moreprecisely, expressionsintheprogramminglanguageintotheinstructionsorprogramsofthe, abstractmachine.Forexample,Program1wouldbeunpackedintoasequenceofabstract, conceivedasalgorithmicsemanticsespeciallywhentheunderlyingmachineisaimedat. CT is a futuristic vision to guide computer science educators, researchers, and practitioners to change society's image of the computer science field. When we talk about an object's history, we actually deal with one of the most profound issues of metaphysics … the question of object continuity. Radical Epistemology. The Unrealised Project on Thinking. 7. example,Russell'stheoryoftypes,althoughmathematicallypowerful,issomewhat, impoverishedinitsexpressivepowercomparedwiththetypetheoriesofmodern, computerlanguages(Coquand2006;Pierce2002).Apartfromarangeofbasictypes, suchasnumbersandBooleans,programminglanguagescontainacollectionoftype, constructors(waysofbuildingnewtypesfromoldones).Forexample,theseincludethe, abilitytoformsomekindofCartesianproductandfinitesets.Inmanyobjectoriented, programminglanguages,types(classes)canimport(andoverride)operationsfromother, typesandoffermoresophisticatedconstructorsthatsupporttheformationofabstract. 8. Introduction. Hodges(2007)disagrees.HearguesthatChurchandTuringdidnotdistinguishbetween. 4. Buthowdoesonebalancetheprovingandtestingaspectsofsoftwaredevelopment, againsttheintendeduseofthesoftware?Shouldsoftwaredevelopedforentertainmentbe. Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introductory Course. the philosophy of computer science and describes a course covering those topics, along with suggested readings and assignments. Charles Babbage, sometimes referred to as the “father of computing”.. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND LOGIC. Many of the central philosophical questions of computer science surround and underpin these activities, and many of them centre upon the logical, ontological and epistemological issues that concern it. Oxbridge Circles and Schools. 8. ),URL=, http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2005/entries/logicai/, Computation,Information,Cognition—TheNexusandtheLiminal. The course readings are publicly available on the course home page, and they are licensed under the creative commons license. I have prepared course readings about each of those four themes. Besides the bibliography indicated in footnote 1 see Turner, ... On the other hand, (b) when concepts belonging to this discipline are seen from a metatheoretical point of view with the intention of elucidating aspects of these concepts that fall out of the disciplinary discussion even when this aspects are relevant to the ontological and epistemological status of the discipline. Basic Ideas. Note that for simplicity sake's, the person flow machine is not included in a box. The Philosophy of Computer Science (PCS) is concerned with philosophical issues that arise from reflection upon the nature and practice of the academic discipline of computer science. Consistentwiththedualnatureofprograms,wemightsaythatthetextualprogramis, subjecttomathematicalcorrectness,whileitsphysicalcounterpartissubjecttoempirical, Computabilityisoneoftheoldesttopicsthatcanbelabelledas, subjectofseveralSEPentries(e.g.,BarkerPlummer2004)andsoweshallonlymention, afewtopicsandtheirconnectionswiththerestofthepresententry. However, as apparent by the description, neither the teachings nor the research-subjects are confined to that fields. What are the things that give substance to such applications?The trite answer is the entities that computer scient… Pursuit of Philosophical Logic. 4. (Edsger Dijkstra) When the word \computer science" is uttered, few people think of philosophy or poetry. 7. denotationaldefinitionshavearecursivemodelandsomedonot. 2. “Philosophy of computer science” is too limiting because it suggests it is the study of an academic field, rather than the systems produced by that field and their uses and impacts in society “Philosophy of information technology”, finally, may put too much emphasis on applications of Subsequently, the philosophy of computer science overlaps with the philosophies of mathematics, science, and technology, and the central philosophical concerns of these disciplines all have, Preface. Computer Science and Philosophy: Did Plato Foresee Object-Oriented Programming? 7. 3. This book sets out views about some of the deepest questions in philosophy. thepossibilityofmistakesissignificantlyreduced. Inwhatfollowsweshallputsomefleshonafewthesequestions. Fortunately, traditional branches of philosophy can provide intellectual and structural guidance. architecturaldescriptionlanguages;theconstructionandoptimisationofcompilers, interpreters,theoremproversandtypeinferencesystems;theinventionoflogical, frameworksandthedesignofembeddedsystems,andmuchmore.Manyofthecentral, philosophicalquestionsofcomputersciencesurroundandunderpintheseactivities,and, manyofthemcentreuponthelogical,ontologicalandepistemologicalissuesthat, concernit.However,intheend,computerscienceiswhatcomputerscientistsdo,andno. Scitation is the online home of leading journals and conference proceedings from AIP Publishing and AIP Member Societies. The philosophy of logic provides an account and analysis of different kinds of logical systems and their role in everyday and specialized discourse. The resultant high-level representation seems to be a viable tool for enhancing the relationship between philosophy and computer science, especially in computer science education. 5. There is a challenge of developing computer programming visual language in the sphere of interdisciplinary research — cybernetics and philosophy, in particular, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language and new area of the philosophical analysis — «philosophy of information». Russell's Logic as Calculus Ratiocinator. ),forthcomingURL=, ,Barwise,J.,Keisler,H.J.andKunen,K.(eds. The Turn of 1900 and Russell's Paradox. The Church-Turing thesis is often misunderstood, particularly in recent writing in the philosophy of mind. 9. There are various equivalent formulations of the Church-Turing thesis. 5. Index of Concepts. The Pre-War Austin. Itseemsveryhardtopinthisdistinctiondown.Onthefaceofit,thereappearsnosharp. Download PDF . 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