What is Computation: An Epistemic Approach

0436187 - ÚI 2015 RIV DE eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Wiedermann, Jiří - van Leeuwen, J.
What is Computation: An Epistemic Approach.
SOFSEM 2015: Theory and Practice of Computer Science. Berlin: Springer, 2015 - (Italiano, G.; Margaria-Steffen, T.; Pokorný, J.; Quisquater, J.; Wattenhofer, R.), s. 1-13. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8939. ISBN 978-3-662-46077-1. ISSN 0302-9743.
[Sofsem 2015. International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science /41./. Pec pod Sněžkou (CZ), 24.01.2015-29.01.2015]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP202/10/1333
Institutional support: RVO:67985807
Keywords : computation * knowledge generation * information technology
Subject RIV: IN - Informatics, Computer Science

We present an alternative view of computation, viz. that of a knowledge generating process. From this viewpoint, computations create knowledge within the framework of 'more or less' formalized epistemic theories. This new perception of computation allows to concentrate upon the meaning of computations - what they do for their designers or users. It also enables one to see the existing development of computers and information technologies in a completely new perspective.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0239973