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WSPI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Philosophical Issues in Computer Science
Abstract. The traditional overlap between computer science and philosophy centres upon the issue of in what sense a computer may be said to think. A lesser known issue of potential...
Ralph Kopperman, Steve Matthews, Homeira Pajoohesh
SYNTHESE
2011
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13 years 4 days ago
The philosophy of simulation: hot new issues or same old stew?
Computer simulations are an exciting tool that plays important roles in many scientific disciplines. This has attracted the attention of a number of philosophers of science. The m...
Roman Frigg, Julian Reiss
MSV
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Correctness Criteria for Models' Validation- A Philosophical Perspective
Valid models are central to the existence of Computer science as in most other disciplines, but at what point can one say that a model is valid and hence correct? is often taken t...
Ijeoma Sandra Irobi, Johan Andersson, Anders Wall
JANCL
2008
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13 years 5 months ago
Conditionalization and total knowledge
This paper employs epistemic logic to investigate the philosophical foundations of Bayesian updating in belief revision. By Bayesian updating, we understand the tenet that an agen...
Ian Pratt-Hartmann