creators_name: Stein, Lynn Andrea
type: journalp
datestamp: 1999-06-28
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:02
metadata_visibility: show
title: Challenging the Computational Metaphor: Implications for How We Think
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: comp-sci-lang
subjects: comp-sci-mach-dynam-sys
subjects: comp-sci-robot
subjects: phil-mind
subjects: phil-sci
full_text_status: public
keywords: cognition, computer science, computer science education, cognitive robotics, interactive computation, human-computer interaction, bricolage, software engineering, sequential computation, concurrent computation, softwaredesign, sociology of science
abstract: This paper explores the role of the traditional computational metaphor in our thinking as computer scientists, its influence on epistemological styles, and its implications for our understanding of cognition. It proposes to replace the conventional metaphor--a sequence of steps--with the notion of a community of interacting entities, and examines the ramifications of such a shift on these various ways in which we think.
date: 1999-08
date_type: published
publication: Cybernetics and Systems
volume: 30
number: 6
pagerange: 1-35
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Stein, Lynn Andrea  (1999) Challenging the Computational Metaphor: Implications for How We Think.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/545/1/CCM.ps
document_url: http://cogprints.org/545/5/CCM.pdf