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Alan Turing's legacy
info-computational philosophy of nature
pp. 115-123
Résumé
Alan Turing's pioneering work on computability, and his ideas on morphological computing support Andrew Hodges' view of Turing as a natural philosopher. Turing's natural philosophy differs importantly from Galileo's view that the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics (The Assayer, 1623). Computing is more than a language used to describe nature as computation produces real time physical behaviors. This article presents the framework of Natural info-computationalism as a contemporary natural philosophy that builds on the legacy of Turing's computationalism. The use of info-computational conceptualizations, models and tools makes possible for the first time in history modeling of complex self-organizing adaptive systems, including basic characteristics and functions of living systems, intelligence, and cognition.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Dodig Crnkovic Gordana, Dodig-Crnkovic Gordana, Giovagnoli Raffaela (2013) Computing nature: turing centenary perspective. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 115-123
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37225-4_6
Citation complète:
Dodig-Crnkovic Gordana, 2013, Alan Turing's legacy: info-computational philosophy of nature. In G. Dodig Crnkovic, G. Dodig-Crnkovic & R. Giovagnoli (eds.) Computing nature (115-123). Dordrecht, Springer.