Author and Citation Information for "The Philosophy of Computer Science"
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Angius, Nicola, Giuseppe Primiero, and Raymond Turner, "The Philosophy of Computer Science", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2025 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2025/entries/computer-science/>.The citation immediately above refers to the version in the following archive edition:
- Spring 2025 (substantive content change)
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| Summer: | June 21 |
| Fall: | September 21 |
| Winter: | December 21 |
Older versions of "The Philosophy of Computer Science" are available in the following editions:
- Summer 2024 (minor correction)
- Spring 2021 (substantive content change) [new author(s): Angius, Nicola; Primiero, Giuseppe; Turner, Raymond]
- Winter 2020 (minor correction)
- Spring 2020 (minor correction)
- Spring 2019 (minor correction)
- Spring 2017 (substantive content change) [new author(s): Turner, Raymond; Angius, Nicola]
- Winter 2016 (minor correction)
- Spring 2016 (minor correction)
- Winter 2014 (minor correction)
- Summer 2014 (minor correction)
- Spring 2014 (minor correction)
- Fall 2013 (new, rewritten entry) [new author(s): Turner, Raymond]
- Winter 2011 (minor correction)
- Summer 2009 (minor correction)
- Spring 2009 (minor correction)
- Winter 2008 (first archived) [author: Turner, Raymond; Eden, Amnon]
BibTeX Citation String (Current Version in Spring 2025 Archive)
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@InCollection{sep-computer-science,
author = {Angius, Nicola and Primiero, Giuseppe and Turner, Raymond},
title = {{The Philosophy of Computer Science}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2025/entries/computer-science/}},
year = {2025},
edition = {{S}pring 2025},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}