[Revised entry by Nicola Angius, Giuseppe Primiero, and Raymond Turner on February 3, 2025.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
The philosophy of computer science is concerned with the ontological and methodological issues arising from within the academic discipline of computer science, and from the practice of software development and its commercial and industrial deployment. More specifically, the philosophy of computer science considers the ontology and epistemology of computational systems, focusing on problems associated with their specification, programming, implementation, verification and testing. The complex nature of computer programs ensures that many of the…

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