Deanthropomorphized Pancomputationalism and the Concept of Computing

• Autorzy: Polak Paweł , Krzanowski Roman

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/fcds-2019-0004

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Pancomputationalism is quite a wide-ranging concept, but most of its variants, either implicitly or explicitly, rely on Turing’s conceptualizations of a computer and computing, which are obvious anthropomorphisms. This paper questions the concept of pancomputationalism based on Turing computing and asks what concept of computation can be used to avoid the constrains of anthropomorphisations.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

pancomputationalims; turing machines; computer; antropomorphisation; computing

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej
• Czasopismo: Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 44, No. 1
• Strony: 45--54
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 40 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Polak Paweł

• Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Faculty of Philosophy, Chair of History and Philosophy of Science, 31-002 Kraków, ul. Kanonicza 9

autor

Krzanowski Roman

• Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Faculty of Philosophy, 31-002 Kraków, ul. Kanonicza 9

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).