SOFTWARE IS AN ABSTRACT ARTIFACT.
Software is a ubiquitous artifact, yet not much has been done to understand its ontological nature. Th ere are a few accounts offered so far about the nature of software. I argue that none of those accounts give a plausible picture of the nature of software. I draw attention to the striking similari...
| Publicado en: | Grazer Philosophische Studien Vol. 86; no. 1; pp. 55 - 73 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2013
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