PhiloComp.net

Welcome to PhiloComp.net

The primary aim of this website is to highlight the many strong links between Philosophy and Computing, for the benefit of students (and potential students) of both disciplines. However it also aspires to be of more general interest:

For (potential) students of Philosophy who are seeking ways into formal Computing, learning by discovery about programming, how computers work, language processing, artificial intelligence, and conducting computerised thought experiments on philosophically interesting problems such as the evolution of co-operative behaviour.

For (potential) students of Computing who are keen to see how their technical abilities can be applied to intellectually exciting and philosophically challenging problems.

For teachers/parents/students who would like to find out more about Computing and its wider implications, either for their own interest or to advise their students/children/friends on potential studies.

NEW IN 2022 – the Turtle System now supports Python! For details, see Introducing Turtle Python.

The links along the top lead to the main sections of the website. The images on the right point to related pages that might be of interest, to facilitate browsing around the site. See the Site Map for a comprehensive list of other links. This website is also host to the teaching Systems Elizabeth and Signature, and formerly Turtle, until the latter grew into its own site:

This website was initially created to support the case for the new Oxford degree programme in Computer Science and Philosophy, which admitted its first cohort of students in October 2012. Since then it has been developed to support a variety of outreach initiatives connected with this degree programme. For an overview of the website structure, and a bit more on its history, see Overview of the website.