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The philosophy of computer science is concerned with the philosophical questions that arise with the study of computer science, which is understood to mean not just programming but the whole study of concepts and methodologies that assist in the development and maintenance of computer systems.^[1] Despite some attempts to develop a philosophy of computer science like the philosophy of physics or the philosophy of mathematics, there is still no common understanding of the content, aim, focus, or topic of the philosophy of computer science.^[2]

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2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

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^ Turner
^ Tedre (2006)

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The International Association for Computing and Philosophy
Philosophy of Computing and Information at PhilPapers
Philosophy of the Information and Computing Sciences held in February 2010 at the Lorentz Center

v t e Major fields of computer science

Mathematical foundations	Mathematical logic Set theory Number theory Graph theory Type theory Category theory Numerical analysis Information theory Combinatorics Boolean algebra

Theory of computation	Automata theory Computability theory Computational complexity theory Quantum computing theory

Algorithms, data structures	Analysis of algorithms Algorithm design Computational geometry

Programming languages, compilers	Parsers Interpreters Procedural programming Object-oriented programming Functional programming Logic programming Programming paradigms

Concurrent, parallel, distributed systems	Multiprocessing Grid computing Concurrency control

Software engineering	Requirements analysis Software design Computer programming Formal methods Software testing Software development process

System architecture	Computer architecture Computer organization Operating systems

Telecommunication, networking	Computer audio Routing Network topology Cryptography

Databases	Database management systems Relational databases SQL Transactions Database indexes Data mining

Artificial intelligence	Automated reasoning Computational linguistics Computer vision Evolutionary computation Expert systems Machine learning Natural language processing Robotics

Computer graphics	Visualization Computer animation Image processing

Human–computer interaction	Computer accessibility User interfaces Wearable computing Ubiquitous computing Virtual reality

Scientific computing	Artificial life Bioinformatics Cognitive science Computational chemistry Computational neuroscience Computational physics Numerical algorithms Symbolic mathematics

Note: Computer science can also be divided into different topics or fields according to the ACM Computing Classification System.

v t e Philosophy of science

Biology Chemistry Physics Mind Artifical intelligence Information Perception Space and time Thermal and statistical physics Social science Environment Psychology Technology Computer science

People	Adolf Grünbaum Albert Einstein Alfred North Whitehead Aristotle Auguste Comte Averroes Berlin Circle Bertrand Russell Carl Gustav Hempel C. D. Broad Charles Sanders Peirce Dominicus Gundissalinus Daniel Dennett Epicurians Francis Bacon Friedrich Schelling Galileo Galilei Henri Poincaré Herbert Spencer Hugh of Saint Victor Immanuel Kant Imre Lakatos Isaac Newton John Dewey John Stuart Mill Jürgen Habermas Karl Pearson Karl Popper Karl Theodor Jaspers Larry Laudan Michael Polanyi Otto Neurath Paul Häberlin Paul Feyerabend Pierre Duhem Pierre Gassendi Plato R. B. Braithwaite René Descartes Robert Kilwardby Roger Bacon Rudolf Carnap Stephen Toulmin Stoicism Thomas Hobbes Thomas Samuel Kuhn Vienna Circle W.V.O. Quine Wilhelm Windelband Wilhelm Wundt William of Ockham William Whewell more...

Concepts	Analysis Analytic–synthetic distinction A priori and a posteriori Artificial intelligence Causality Commensurability Construct Demarcation problem Empirical evidence Explanatory power Explanandum Fact Falsifiability Ignoramus et ignorabimus Inductive reasoning Ingenuity Inquiry Models of scientific inquiry Nature Objectivity Observation Paradigm Problem of induction Scientific law Scientific method Scientific revolution Scientific theory Testability Theory choice Theory‐ladenness Underdetermination

Metatheory	Confirmation holism Coherentism Contextualism Conventionalism Deductive-nomological model Determinism Empiricism Fallibilism Foundationalism Hypothetico-deductive model Infinitism Instrumentalism Naturalism Physicalism Positivism Pragmatism Rationalism Received view of theories Reductionism Semantic view of theories Scientific realism Scientific anti-realism Scientific skepticism Scientism Uniformitarianism Vitalism Metaphysics

Related	Epistemology History and philosophy of science History of science History of evolutionary thought Pseudoscience Relationship between religion and science Rhetoric of science Sociology of scientific knowledge Criticism of science Alchemy more...

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