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> Ontology of programs

The presuppositions of programs or to program

Example: https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0602053v3.pdf

> The epistemological status of computer science

Do Neural Nets learn or memorize? What's the difference and how do we know what Neural Nets do?

Example: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.05394.pdf

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Or one of my personal favorites, the Epistemology of Computer Simulations in Science:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/simulations-science/#EpiC...

Comparing and contrasting how computers think and learn compared to us certainly is an interesting idea. I tend to think of myself as epistemologically agnostic, but not for lack of trying. I haven't kept up to speed on neural net development, do there could be some fascinating insights there.

Thanks for the links. I'll definitely check this out.

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