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Theory of Computation, Fuzziness and a physics of the immaterial

Settimo TerminiMarco Elio Tabacchi

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PhysicsStrongly connected componentTheoretical computer scienceHard and soft scienceSettore INF/01 - InformaticaHyperarithmetical theorySuper-recursive algorithmComputationSubject (philosophy)Bridge (interpersonal)EpistemologyTheory of computationTheory of Computation Fuzziness Church-Turing thesisMathematics

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In this paper we advance three clear-cut proposals as a contribution to the discussion on the role of notions of Computation and Fuzziness as a bridge between Hard and Soft Sciences. We suggest that an important difference between the two great fami- lies of science lies in their subject or research having a grounding in nature or not, and that Theory of Computation is a glaring exception to this classifi- cation, being a textbook hard science but dealing with the immaterial. We further advance that such unicity is strongly connected with Church-Turing thesis, and discuss about the role of Computation and Fuzziness as pillars of immaterial sciences

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2013-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/83712