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 methodologies 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.

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References

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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

Major fields of computer science

Mathematical foundations	Mathematical logic Set theory Number theory Graph theory Type theory Category theory Numerical analysis Information theory Combinatorics Boolean algebra

Theory of computation	Automata theory Computability theory Computational complexity theory Quantum computing theory

Algorithms, data structures	Analysis of algorithms Algorithm design Combinatorial optimization Computational geometry

Programming languages, compilers	Parsers Interpreters Procedural programming Object-oriented programming Functional programming Logic programming Programming paradigms

Concurrent, parallel, distributed systems	Multiprocessing Grid computing Concurrency control

Software engineering	Requirements analysis Software design Computer programming Formal methods Software testing Software development process

System architecture	Computer architecture Computer organization Operating systems

Telecommunication, networking	Computer audio Routing Network topology Cryptography

Databases	Database management systems Relational databases SQL Transactions Database indexes Data mining

Artificial intelligence	Automated reasoning Computational linguistics Computer vision Evolutionary computation Expert systems Machine learning Natural language processing Robotics

Computer graphics	Visualization Computer animation Image processing

Human–computer interaction	Computer accessibility User interfaces Wearable computing Ubiquitous computing Virtual reality

Scientific computing	Artificial life Bioinformatics Cognitive science Computational chemistry Computational neuroscience Computational physics Numerical algorithms Symbolic mathematics

Note: Computer science can also be divided into different topics or fields according to the ACM Computing Classification System.

Philosophy of science

Concepts	Analysis Analytic–synthetic distinction A priori and a posteriori Causality Commensurability 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

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

Philosophy of	Artificial intelligence Biology Chemistry Computer science Environment Information Logic Mathematics Mind Perception Physics Psychology Social science Space and time Technology

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

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

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

Contemporary	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 Jaakko Hintikka Ian Hacking Imre Lakatos Jürgen Habermas Karl Pearson Karl Popper Larry Laudan Michael Polanyi Otto Neurath Paul Feyerabend Thomas Kuhn

Philosophy of computer science