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History and Philosophy of Computing

Third International Conference, HaPoC 2015, Pisa, Italy, October 8-11, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
  2. Regular Submissions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. Theory of Knowing Machines: Revisiting Gödel and the Mechanistic Thesis

      • Alessandro Aldini, Vincenzo Fano, Pierluigi Graziani
      Pages 57-70
    3. From Close to Distant and Back: How to Read with the Help of Machines

      • Rudi Bonfiglioli, Federico Nanni
      Pages 87-100
    4. Computing, Design, Art: Reflections on an Innovative Moment in History

      • Stephen Boyd Davis, Simone Gristwood
      Pages 101-115
    5. From Cells as Computation to Cells as Apps

      • Andrea Bracciali, Enrico Cataldo, Luisa Damiano, Claudio Felicioli, Roberto Marangoni, Pasquale Stano
      Pages 116-130
    6. From urelements to Computation

      • Vincenzo Ciancia
      Pages 141-155
    7. Trente ans ou la Vie d′un scientifique

      • Vladimir A. Kitov, Valery V. Shilov, Sergey A. Silantiev
      Pages 186-202
    8. From Information to Perception

      • Nicola Liberati
      Pages 203-215

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About this book

This volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, held in Pisa, Italy in October 2015.

The 18 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from the 30 papers presented at the conference. They cover topics ranging from the world history of computing to the role of computing in the humanities and the arts. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Pisa , Pisa, Italy

    Fabio Gadducci, Mirko Tavosanis

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