Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introduction to the Issues and the Literature

by William J. Rapaport - ( https://www.apaonline.org/news/254862/William-Rapaport-is-th... )

> The APA is pleased to announce that William Rapaport (University at Buffalo) has been selected by the APA committee on philosophy and computers as the winner of the 2015 Barwise Prize!

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The table of contents can be read at https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Philosophy+of+Computer+Science%3...

You are likely interested in sections 3.12 through 3.18

    3.12 CS as Engineering 64
    3.13 Science xor Engineering? 66
    3.14 CS as “Both” 66
    3.15 CS as “More” 68
    3.15.1 CS as a New Kind of Science 68
    3.15.2 CS as a New Kind of Engineering 70
    3.16 CS as “Neither” 71
    3.16.1 CS as Art 71
    3.16.2 CS as the Study of Complexity 71
    3.16.3 CS as the Philosophy(!) of Procedures 72
    3.16.4 CS as Computational Thinking 72
    3.16.5 CS as AI 73
    3.16.6 Is CS Magic? 74
    3.17 Summary 76
    3.18 Questions for the Reader 77

And section 5 which starts out with:

    5 Engineering 95
    5.1 Defining ‘Engineering’ 95
    5.2 Engineering as Science 97
    5.3 A Brief History of Engineering 98
    5.4 Conceptions of Engineering 99
    5.5 What Engineers Do 100