The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information (Blackwell Philosophy Guides)

Book Overview

This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing. A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by leading international experts. Provides a complete, critical introduction to the field. Each chapter combines careful scholarship with an engaging writing style. Includes an exhaustive glossary of technical terms. Ideal as a course text, but also of interest to researchers and general readers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631229191
• ISBN13: 9780631229193
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Reference work

I go back to this work to find the backup for many things I have to say on ontologies, modeling, etc. My field is M & S of complex systems and systems understanding in general. A great collection of works with good references. Start here and check your ideas.

A must-read for philosophers and computer scientists

This book is really worth reading. It contains a collection of articles by top-class philosophers somehow related to this new branch of Philosophy, coined as Philosophy of Computing and Information. All articles, with no exception but for various reasons, are extremely interesting. Some articles present interesting surveys of some specific topics, while others reflect very much the particular ideas and studies of their authors. Common to all articles - probably due to orientation and the example of the book organiser - is that the authors did not try to pretend they would be presenting "neutral" views about their topics. This sincerity is evident throughout the whole book and much appreciated. It is likely, therefore, that any reader will learn a lot from certain chapters of the book, cheer the contents of others for agreeing with those contents, and feel like being provoked and invited to a discussion by the authors through other chapters for disagreeing with their contents. In any of these three cases, the reader shall feel pleased when reading the carefully written articles that comprise this book.