Philosophy and Computer Science

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). Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Philosophical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence; Chapter 2 The Definition and Scope of AI; Chapter 3 AI and the History of Philosophy; Chapter 4 AI and the Rise of Contemporary Science and Philosophy; Part 2 The New Encounter of Science and Philosophy; Chapter 5 AI and Logic; Chapter 6 Models of the Mind; Chapter 7 Models of Reasoning; Chapter 8 The Naturalization of Epistemology; Part 3 The Philosophy of Computer Science; Chapter 9 Computer Science and Mathematics; Chapter 10 Two Views of Computer Science; Chapter 11 Abstraction in Computer Science; Chapter 12 Software, Abstraction, and Ontology;