Thinking Machines and the Philosophy of Computer Science: Concepts and Principles (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781616920142)

This discipline of philosophy and computer science offers an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas that range from philosophical and mathematical logic to epistemology, engineering, ethics or neuroscience. Thinking Machines and the Philosophy of Computer Science: Concepts and Principles presents a conversation between established experts and new researchers in the field of philosophy and computer science about human and non-human relationships with the environment. This resource contains five sections including topics on philosophical analysis, the posterior ethical debate, the nature of computer simulations, and the crossroads between robotics, AI, cognitive theories and philosophy.

Author: Jordi Vallverdú
ISBN-10: 1616920149
ISBN-13: 9781616920142
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2010
Pages: 462
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.50lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.60w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2010 pg. 17