Overview
- First volume dedicated to Turing’s place in the history and philosophy of science
- A broad and up-to-date overview of Turing’s legacy for 20th & 21st century science
- An historical and philosophical revisiting of the foundational character of Turing’s conceptual contributions
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 324)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Logic and Mathematics to Philosophy
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The Universal Machine: From Music to Morphogenesis
Keywords
- Alan Turing
- Alonzo Church
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computability and Philosophy
- Cryptography
- Enigma Machine
- Knowledge in Social Algorithms
- Kurt Gödel
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Measurement Based Quantum Computers
- Morphogenesis
- Philosophical Aspects of Turing’s Work
- Social Algorithms
- Turing's Concept of "Universal Machine"
- Voice Encryption
About this book
Chapters “Turing and Free Will: A New Take on an Old Debate” and “Turing and the History of Computer Music” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Reviews
“The book provides, probably for the first time, not only all the elements necessary for assessing the full importance of Turing’s legacy but also fundamental lines of thought for connecting his work with new research perspectives. It will be an indispensable reference for understanding and developing all the concepts and ideas introduced by Turing.” (Jean-Marc Ginoux, Isis, Vol. 110 (4), 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alisa Bokulich is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University and Director of the Center for Philosophy & History of Science, where she organizes the Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science. She is Associate Member ofHarvard University’s History of Science Department and a Series Editor for Boston Studies in the Philosophy & History of Science. Her research focuses on issues in philosophy of science, including history and philosophy of quantum mechanics, and philosophy of the geosciences. She is author of the book Reexamining the Quantum-Classical Relation: Beyond Reductionism and Pluralism (Cambridge UP, 2008) and co-editor of three additional books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophical Explorations of the Legacy of Alan Turing
Book Subtitle: Turing 100
Editors: Juliet Floyd, Alisa Bokulich
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53280-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53278-3Published: 08 June 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85113-6Published: 12 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53280-6Published: 30 May 2017
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 361
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science, History of Science, History of Mathematical Sciences, Theory of Computation, Artificial Intelligence, History of Computing