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Philosophy and Computing: Essays in Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, and Ethics(128 Philosophical Studies Series)


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Surveys critical emerging issues in the philosophy of computing

Examines how computation has changed philosophical inquiry

Explores applied issues related to ethical, social, and political interest

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Situating Computing in Philosophy (Thomas M. Powers).- Chapter 1. Levels of Computational Explanation (Michael Rescorla).- Chapter 2. On the Relation of Computing to the World ( William J. Rapaport).- Chapter 3. Cognitive Computation sans Representation (Paul Schweizer).- Chapter 4. Software Error as a Limit to Inquiry for Finite Agents: Challenges for the Post-human Scientist (John F. Symons and Jack K. Horner).- Chapter 5. The Singularity Business: Toward a Realistic, Fine-grained Economics for an AI-Infused World (Selmer Bringsjord).- Chapter 6. Artificial Moral Cognition: from Functionalism to Autonomous Moral Agents (Don Howard and Ioan Muntean).- Chapter 7. AI and the Automation Of Wisdom (Shannon Vallor).- Chapter 8. An Analysis of Machine Ethics from the Perspective of Autonomy (Mario Verdicchio ).- Chapter 9. Beyond Informed Consent: Investigating Ethical Justifications for Disclosing, Donating or Sharing Personal Data in Research (Markus Christen, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Dominik Herrmann, Jeroen van den Hoven).- Chapter 10. Big Data, Digital Traces and the Metaphysics of the Self (Soraj Hongladarom).- Chapter 11. Why Big Data Needs the Virtues (Frances S. Grodzinsky).

About the Author :

Thomas M. Powers is the founding director of the Center for Science, Ethics, and Public Policy at the University of Delaware. He holds appointments as Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. His research concerns ethics in science and engineering, the philosophy of technology, and environmental ethics, and his publications range from topics in artificial intelligence and robotic ethics to the ethical aspects of design. Powers received a B.A. in philosophy (College of William and Mary) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (University of Texas at Austin). He has been a DAAD-Fulbright dissertation-year fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, a National Science Foundation fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, and a visiting researcher (2015) at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire d'Informatique - Équipe: Agents Cognitifs et A

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Review :
"The volume is wide-ranging and rich, and contains much that cannot be covered in a single review. It should have something of interest to anyone working on contemporary philosophy of computers and computation." (Colin Klein, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, ndpr.nd.edu, May, 2018)


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  • ISBN-13: 9783319869896
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 242
  • Series Title: 128 Philosophical Studies Series
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3319869892
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Essays in Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, and Ethics


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