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Design, Malfunction, Validity: Three More Tasks for the Philosophy of Computing

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We present a review of Raymond Turner’s Book Computational Artifacts – Towards a Philosophy of Computer Science (2018), focusing on three main topics: Design, Malfunction, and Validity.

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Primiero, G. Design, Malfunction, Validity: Three More Tasks for the Philosophy of Computing. Philos. Technol. 33, 331–337 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-019-00367-6

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