Primiero on Physical Computation

André CURTIS-TRUDEL

doi:10.1007/s10516-023-09661-7

Primiero on Physical Computation

André CURTIS-TRUDEL^*

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Lingnan University

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Abstract

This note discusses the account of physical computation offered in Part II of Primiero’s On the Foundations of Computing. Although there is much to find attractive about the account, I argue that the account is obscure at certain crucial junctures and that it does not supply a wholly satisfactory account of miscomputation. I close by considering whether the engineering foundation of computing requires a theory of physical computation in the first place, suggesting tentatively that it does not.

Original language	English
Article number	2
Journal	Global Philosophy
Volume	33
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-023-09661-7
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

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Keywords

Computer engineering
Implementation
Miscomputation
Physical computation

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