Informatics: Science or 'Téchne'?
Informatics is generally understood as a “new technology” and is therewith discussed according to technological aspects such as speed, data retrieval, information control and so on. Its widespread use from home appliances to enterprises and universities is not the result of a clear-cut analysis of i...
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
2016-12-01
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| Series: | O Que Nos Faz Pensar |
| Online Access: | http://www.oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/index.php/oqnfp/article/view/517 |
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| author | Tito Marques Palmeiro |
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| description | Informatics is generally understood as a “new technology” and is therewith discussed according to technological aspects such as speed, data retrieval, information control and so on. Its widespread use from home appliances to enterprises and universities is not the result of a clear-cut analysis of its inner possibilities but is rather dependent on all sorts of ideological promises of unlimited progress. We will discuss the theoretical definition of informatics proposed in 1936 by Alan Turing in order to show that it should be taken as final and complete. This definition has no relation to the technology because Turing defines computers as doing the work of solving problems with numbers. This formal definition implies nonetheless a relation to the non-formalized elements around informatics, which we shall discuss through the Greek notion of téchne. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-853d5ce35a404fdfa9cfd7900778623a2022-12-21T19:06:50ZporPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)O Que Nos Faz Pensar0104-66752016-12-0125398797517Informatics: Science or 'Téchne'?Tito Marques PalmeiroInformatics is generally understood as a “new technology” and is therewith discussed according to technological aspects such as speed, data retrieval, information control and so on. Its widespread use from home appliances to enterprises and universities is not the result of a clear-cut analysis of its inner possibilities but is rather dependent on all sorts of ideological promises of unlimited progress. We will discuss the theoretical definition of informatics proposed in 1936 by Alan Turing in order to show that it should be taken as final and complete. This definition has no relation to the technology because Turing defines computers as doing the work of solving problems with numbers. This formal definition implies nonetheless a relation to the non-formalized elements around informatics, which we shall discuss through the Greek notion of téchne.http://www.oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/index.php/oqnfp/article/view/517 |
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| title | Informatics: Science or 'Téchne'? |
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| title_fullStr | Informatics: Science or 'Téchne'? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Informatics: Science or 'Téchne'? |
| title_short | Informatics: Science or 'Téchne'? |
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| url | http://www.oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/index.php/oqnfp/article/view/517 |
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