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				<p> This article presents the evolution of philosophical and methodological considerations concerning empiricism in computer/computing science. In this study, we trace the most important current events in the history of reflection on computing. The forerunners of Artificial Intelligence H.A. Simon and A. Newell in their paper Computer Science As Empirical Inquiry (1975) started these considerations. Later the concept of empirical computer science was developed by S.S. Shapiro, P. Wegner, A.H. Eden and P.J. Denning. They showed various empirical aspects of computing. This led to a view of the science of computing (or science of information processing) - the science of general scope. Some interesting contemporary ways towards a generalized perspective on computations were also shown (e.g. natural computing).</p>
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This article presents the evolution of philosophical and methodological considerations concerning empiricism in computer/computing science. In this study, we trace the most important current events in the history of reflection on computing. The forerunners of Artificial Intelligence H.A. Simon and A. Newell in their paper Computer Science As Empirical Inquiry (1975) started these considerations. Later the concept of empirical computer science was developed by S.S. Shapiro, P. Wegner, A.H. Eden and P.J. Denning. They showed various empirical aspects of computing. This led to a view of the science of computing (or science of information processing) - the science of general scope. Some interesting contemporary ways towards a generalized perspective on computations were also shown (e.g. natural computing).

Computing as Empirical Science – Evolution of a Concept

The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Krakow,

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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This article presents the evolution of philosophical and methodological considerations concerning empiricism in computer/computing science. In this study, we...

Computing as Empirical Science – Evolution of a Concept

Published Online: Mar 16, 2017

Page range: 49 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0055

Keywords
empirical computing science, natural computing, philosophy of science, methodology of computer science

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Computing as Empirical Science – Evolution of a Concept

Published Online: Mar 16, 2017

Page range: 49 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0055

Keywordsempirical computing science, natural computing, philosophy of science, methodology of computer science

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
empirical computing science, natural computing, philosophy of science, methodology of computer science