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Koncepcja automatyzacji Leonarda Torresa y Quevedo jako przyczynek do rozwoju computer science
Torres y Quevedo’s idea of automation as a contribution to the development of computer science

Author(s): Piotr Urbańczyk
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Epistemology, Special Branches of Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Leonardo Torres y Quevedo;analytical engine;artificial intelligence;robotics;automatics;computer science

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to indicate that the ideas of Leonardo Torres y Que- vedo presented in his short Essays on Automatics constitute essential link between early Babbage’s concepts of analytical engine and modern computer science. These ideas include de nition of automatics, classi cation of automa- ta, theoretical basis for robotics, electromechanical engineering, modern con- cept of chatbot, the importance of algorithm and last but not least oating point arithmetic.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 49-59
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish