ABSTRACT
Colburn (computer science, U. of Minnesota-Duluth) has a doctorate in philosophy and an advanced degree in computer science; he's worked as a philosophy professor, a computer programmer, and a research scientist in artificial intelligence. Here he discusses the philosophical foundations of artificial intelligence; the new encounter of science and philosophy (logic, models of the mind and of reasoning, epistemology); and the philosophy of computer science (touching on math, abstraction, software, and ontology).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|40 pages
Philosophical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
part II|75 pages
The New Encounter of Science and Philosophy
part III|83 pages
The Philosophy of Computer Science