The Center for Philosophy of Computer Science is devoted to the philosophical and foundational issues in the field of Computer Science (Informatics). The Center is part of the Department of Information and Computing Sciences of Utrecht University. For more information see home.

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Viewpoints

• What is Computer Science? (A. Newell, A.J. Perlis, H.A. Simon, in: Science 1967 (157) 1373-4.)
• 1000_2 Things every self-respecting computer scientist should know (Evans).
• Computer Science Looks for a Remake (2006).
• Computer scientist: 21st century renaissance man (Aceto, Ingolfsdottir).
• Why computer scientists need to put `science' back into `Computer Science' (Narayanan, pdf).
• What a Course on Philosophy of Computing Is Not (Muller).
• The Singularity is near (Kurzweil, see also here)).

Philosophy of computer science - general

• Philosophy of Computer Science (online resources, U Essex).
• Philosophy of Computing and Information (links, Beavers).
• Computing and Philosophy - resources (Dodig-Crnkovic).
• Philosophy of Mind (links, Chalmers & Bourget).
• The philosophy of computer science, special issue, Minds and Machines 17:2 (2007) 135-167.
• The philosophy of computer science, special issue, Journal of Applied Logic 6:4 (2008) 459-626.
• Design Research in Information Systems (AIS).

Books

• P. Adriaans, J.F.A.K. van Benthem (Eds.), Philosophy of Information. In: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, North-Holland (Elsevier), Amsterdam, 2008.
• J. Copeland, Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction, Wiley/Blackwell, Oxford, 1993.
• L. Floridi, Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction, Routledge, London, 1999.
• L. Floridi, The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information, Routledge, London, 2004.
• L. Floridi (Ed.), Philosophy of Computing and Information: 5 Questions, Automatica Press / VIP, 2008.
• L. Floridi, The Philosophy of Information, Oxford University Press, 2010 (TA).
• L. Floridi, Information - A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2010 (TA).
• J. Gammack, V. Hobbs, D. Pigott, The Book of Informatics, Thomson Learning Australia, 2007.
• T. Hey et al (Eds.), The Fourth Paradigm: : Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery, Microsoft Research, 2009.
• A.W.M. Meijers (Ed.), Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences, In: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, North-Holland (Elsevier), Amsterdam, 2009.
• A. Nijholt, J. van den Ende, Geschiedenis van de rekenkunst, van kerfstok tot computer, Academic Service, Schoonhoven, 1994 (in Dutch).
• A. Ollongren, H.J. van den Herik, Filosofie van de Informatica, Serie Wetenschapsfilosofie, Uitg. Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, 1989 (in Dutch).
• P.S. Rosenbloom, On computing - The fourth great scientific domain, MIT Press, 2013.
• J. Preston, M. Bishop (Eds.), Views into the Chinese room: New essays on Searle and artificial intelligence, Oxford University Press, 2002.
• A. Sloman, The Computer Revolution in Philosophy - Philosophy, Science, and Models of Mind, 1978.
• A. van den Bogaard et al, De eeuw van de computer, Kluwer, 2008 (pdf, in Dutch).
• J. van den Hoven, J. Weckert (Eds.), Information Technology and Moral Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• P. Vermaas et al(Eds), Philosophy of Engineering and Technology.

Courses

• Philosophy and Theoretical Computer Science (Aaronson, 2011)
• Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science (Aaronson).
• Course in Philosophy of Computer Science (Rapaport, 2007, see also extended version and here).
• Computing and Philosophy (Dodig-Crnkovic).
• Empirical Research Methods in Software Engineering (Easterbrook, 2009).
• Filosofie van de Informatica (Meyer-Starmans, in Dutch).
• Introduction to Informatics (Rocha/Schnell, 2009).
• Know Your Discipline: Teaching the Philosophy of Computer Science (Tedre, pdf).
• Scientific Methodology in Computer Science (Sajaniemi et al, 2009).

General References

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• IEP - Philosophy of Science
• Online philosophy articles and books (PhilPapers).

Miscellanea

• What is informatics.
• What is computer science.
• Computability, Computability Theory, Computational Complexity Theory, Computer Science, Informatics, Information Science, Information Theory, Software Development Methodology, Software Development Process, Software Engineering, Theory of Computation (Wikipedia).

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