UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
The Department of Computer Science & Engineering

CSE 4/510 & PHI 498: Phil. of Comp. Sci. Directory of Documents

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• GRADES ARE SUBMITTED; PAPERWORK AVAILABLE!

• FINAL EXAM

• READING ASSIGNMENTS

• POSITION-PAPER ASSIGNMENTS

• TERM-PAPER TOPICS

1. What is the philosophy of computer science?

2. What is philosophy?

3. What is computer science?
   • What is science?
   • What is engineering?

   • What is a computer?

   • What is an algorithm? What is computation?
     • What is a procedure?
     • What is hypercomputation?

4. What is a computer program?
   Containing:
   
   • What is implementation?
     • "Formal Systems"

   • Are programs theories?
   • What is Software?
   1. Can programs be copyrighted or patented?
   2. Can programs be verified?

5. Philosophy of artificial intelligence

6. Computer Ethics

7. Course Summary