Philosophy of Computer ScienceRapaport
Philosophy of Computer Science
by Rapaport · first published 2023
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Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf] ( https://cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/Papers/phics.pdf ) And the HN post about it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912718 There more than a few thoughts in there about what computer science…
on “The rise of remote work may reshape college towns” ↗…objection is about as valid as dismissing HTML on the basis of the default element styling characteristics. LaTeX-produced documents can be extensively styled, that's handled via a stylesheet. Rappaport's Philosophy of Computer Science is one book I'm aware of created via LaTeX. It's quite readable: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/Papers/phics.pdf I'm trying to remember which book it was that I'd encountered published as LaTeX…
on “Web4 Should Run on LaTeX” ↗I noticed the Philosophy of Computer Science article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy was on the front page. That article is pretty old; this one here is hot off the presses and may be of interest. Sort of the converse of the other one…
on “Computational Philosophy” ↗…have a discussion with William J. Rapaport (https://cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/). William is a Professor at U at Buffalo, a philosopher and computer scientist specializing in AI. He has written the book Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introduction to the Issues and the Literature (https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Philosophy+of+Computer+Science%3...), one of the authoritative sources on the topic. He has also published multiple papers…
on “Questions for William J. Rapaport” ↗See also William J. Rapaport, emeritus professor of computer science at SUNY Buffalo, Philosophy of Computer Science: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/Papers/phics.pdf Discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10388603 (2015) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912718 (6 mos ago) Rapaport is cited…
on “The Philosophy of Computer Science (2017)” ↗Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introduction to the Issues and the Literature by William J. Rapaport - ( https://www.apaonline.org/news/254862/William-Rapaport-is-th... ) > The APA is pleased to announce that William Rapaport…
on “Ask HN: Good books on philosophy of engineering?” ↗…"Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo". There've been some earlier submissions, few with much discussion, though from 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10388603 Also relevant, the "Philosophy of Computer Science" article at the Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16451072 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computer-science/
on “Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf]” ↗What section of it should I read to get an idea of what, according to the author, "philosophy of computer science" is?
on “Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf]” ↗…seems like he's using the Ethics of AI as an example for exactly how Ethics can be relevant to the field of Computer Science, and also as an example on how philosophers actually work. In a course called "Philosophy of Computer Science", this seems quite reasonable.
on “Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf]” ↗Different professor (and no longer downloadable) Philosophy of Computer Science from buffalo.edu https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912718 (and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10388603 ) The author of the Buffalo tome is https://cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/ which links to…
on “The Philosophy of Computer Science” ↗As an alternative, the published book itself is out just this month (Feb 2023): <https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Philosophy+of+Computer+Science%3...>
on “The Philosophy of Computer Science” ↗…was 824 pages, it's now 928. I suspect a periodically-updated LaTeX draft with an auto-date macro. From the preface: This document is a continually-being-revised draft of a textbook on the philosophy of computer science. 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. The latest (August…
on “Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf]” ↗FYI, Rappaport suggests another book on this topic, somewhat shorter: Computational Artifacts: Towards a Philosophy of Computer Science, by Raymond Turner. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783662555644#
on “Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf]” ↗I'm going to refer to Philosophy of Computer Science ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10388603 ) and say "its not an easy or decided problem". Section 3 has about 100 pages (in the pdf - I'd have to dig…
on “Is Software the UFOlogy of Engineering Disciplines?” ↗