Philosophy of computer science

The philosophy of computer science is concerned with the philosophical questions that arise with the study of computer science, which is understood to mean not just programming but the whole study of concepts and methods that assist in the development and maintenance of computer systems.^[1] According to (Tedre 2006), there is still no common understanding of the content, aim, focus, or topic of the philosophy of computer science, despite some attempts to develop a philosophy of computer science like the philosophy of physics or the philosophy of mathematics.

The philosophy of computer science as such deals with the meta-activity that is associated with the development of the concepts and methodologies that implement and analyze the computational systems.^[2]

References

↑ Turner
↑ http://pcs.essex.ac.uk/

External links

The International Association for Computing and Philosophy
Philosophy of Computing and Information at PhilPapers
Philosophy of the Information and Computing Sciences held in February 2010 at the Lorentz Center
A draft version of Philosophy of Computer Science by William J. Rapaport

Major fields of computer science

Note: This template roughly follows the 2012 ACM Computing classification.

Hardware	Printed circuit board Peripheral Integrated circuit Very-large-scale integration Energy consumption Electronic design automation

Computer systems organization	Computer architecture Embedded system Real-time computing Dependability

Networks	Network architecture Network protocol Network components Network scheduler Network performance evaluation Network service

Software organization	Interpreter Middleware Virtual machine Operating system Software quality

Software notations and tools	Programming paradigm Programming language Compiler Domain-specific language Modeling language Software framework Integrated development environment Software configuration management Software library Software repository

Software development	Software development process Requirements analysis Software design Software construction Software deployment Software maintenance Programming team Open-source model

Theory of computation	Model of computation Formal language Automata theory Computational complexity theory Logic Semantics

Algorithms	Algorithm design Analysis of algorithms Randomized algorithm Computational geometry

Mathematics of computing	Discrete mathematics Probability Statistics Mathematical software Information theory Mathematical analysis Numerical analysis

Information systems	Database management system Information storage systems Enterprise information system Social information systems Geographic information system Decision support system Process control system Multimedia information system Data mining Digital library Computing platform Digital marketing World Wide Web Information retrieval

Security	Cryptography Formal methods Security services Intrusion detection system Hardware security Network security Information security Application security

Human–computer interaction	Interaction design Social computing Ubiquitous computing Visualization Accessibility

Concurrency	Concurrent computing Parallel computing Distributed computing Multithreading Multiprocessing

Artificial intelligence	Natural language processing Knowledge representation and reasoning Computer vision Automated planning and scheduling Search methodology Control method Philosophy of artificial intelligence Distributed artificial intelligence

Machine learning	Supervised learning Unsupervised learning Reinforcement learning Multi-task learning Machine learning algorithms Cross-validation

Graphics	Animation Rendering Image manipulation Graphics processing unit Mixed reality Virtual reality Image compression Solid modeling

Applied computing	E-commerce Enterprise software Computational mathematics Computational physics Computational chemistry Computational biology Computational social science Computational engineering Computational healthcare Digital art Electronic publishing Cyberwarfare Electronic voting Video game Word processing Operations research Educational technology Document management

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Philosophy of science

Concepts	Analysis Analytic–synthetic distinction A priori and a posteriori Causality Commensurability Consilience Construct Creative synthesis Demarcation problem Empirical evidence Explanatory power Fact Falsifiability Feminist method Ignoramus et ignorabimus Inductive reasoning Intertheoretic reduction Inquiry Nature Objectivity Observation Paradigm Problem of induction Scientific law Scientific method Scientific revolution Scientific theory Testability Theory choice Theory-ladenness Underdetermination Unity of science

Metatheory of science	Coherentism Confirmation holism Constructive empiricism Constructive realism Constructivist epistemology Contextualism Conventionalism {Deductive-nomological model Hypothetico-deductive model Inductionism} Epistemological anarchism Fallibilism Foundationalism Instrumentalism Pragmatism Model-dependent realism Naturalism Physicalism Positivism-Reductionism-Determinism Rationalism / Empiricism Received view / Semantic view of theories Scientific realism / Anti-realism Scientific essentialism Scientific formalism Scientific skepticism Scientism Structuralism Uniformitarianism Vitalism

Philosophy of	Physics thermal and statistical Motion Chemistry Biology Environment Geography Social science Technology Engineering Artificial intelligence Computer science Information Mind Psychology Perception Space and time

Related topics	Alchemy Criticism of science Epistemology Faith and rationality History and philosophy of science History of science History of evolutionary thought Logic Metaphysics Pseudoscience Relationship between religion and science Rhetoric of science Sociology of scientific knowledge Sociology of scientific ignorance

Philosophers of science by era

Ancient	Plato Aristotle Stoicism Epicurians

Medieval	Averroes Avicenna Roger Bacon William of Ockham Hugh of Saint Victor Dominicus Gundissalinus Robert Kilwardby

Early modern	Francis Bacon Thomas Hobbes René Descartes Galileo Galilei Pierre Gassendi Isaac Newton David Hume

Classical modern	Immanuel Kant Friedrich Schelling Auguste Comte William Whewell Wilhelm Windelband John Stuart Mill Herbert Spencer Pierre Duhem Henri Poincaré Wilhelm Wundt

Late modern	Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Alfred North Whitehead Rudolf Carnap W. V. O. Quine Bas van Fraassen Carl Gustav Hempel Charles Sanders Peirce Daniel Dennett Hans Reichenbach Ian Hacking Imre Lakatos Jürgen Habermas Karl Pearson Karl Popper Larry Laudan Michael Polanyi Otto Neurath Paul Feyerabend Thomas Kuhn

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