M. Beatrice Fazi

Contingent Computation

Abstraction, Experience, and Indeterminacy in Computational Aesthetics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Contingent Computation offers a new theoretical perspective through which we can engage philosophically with computing. The book proves that aesthetics is a viable mode of investigating contemporary computational systems.

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Produktdetails

• Media Philosophy
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781538147061
• ISBN-10: 1538147068
• Artikelnr.: 59542306

Autorenporträt

M. Beatrice Fazi is Lecturer in the School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex. Her primary areas of expertise are the philosophy of computation, the philosophy of technology and the emerging field of media philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Aesthetics
1. Continuity versus Discreteness
2. Computation
3. Processes
Part 2 Abstraction
4. Computational Idealism
5. Axiomatics
6. Limits and Potential
Part 3 Experience
7. Computational Empiricism
8. Factuality
9. Actuality
Conclusion