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.
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.
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
