Alan Turing's Legacy

October 12, 2012 - October 13, 2012
Facoltà di Lettere, University of Roma Tre

Rome
Italy

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The aim of this conference is twofold: on one hand we want to discuss the real Alan Turing, his true projects, his scientific and technical objectives, his philosophical inspirations, his agenda, and the scientific contemporary groups who influenced and were influenced by his work. On the other hand we wish to analyze what is still alive of Turing’s inheritance and which are the fields, that are still inspired by his insights. The speakers - some of which have researched in the same areas that Turing pioneered - will be asked to respond to the questions about how much they were influenced by Turing's results, but also which are the eventual negative influences that Turing's multifarious achievements and their standard interpretations caused in their views.

We will try to describe and map the actual presence of Turing's results in many different research fields such as Computer Science, Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Machine Intelligence, Biology etc. In order to fulfill this goal we need an interdisciplinary perspective in order to understand the different, sometimes opposed, interpretations of his results. The reconstruction of the reasons for the  standard interpretations (not always correct, and often partial with reference to the richness of Turing's thoughts) of some of his most famous results is crucial to understand his importance not only as a scholar but also as a symbolic presence in the history and philosophy of science and technology.

Friday, October 12

Aula Verra, Philosophy Dept. - Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Rome Three - Via Ostiense 234 - 00146 Rome (Line B - Stop Marconi)

Saturday, October 13

Aula 2, Sapienza University of Rome, Villa
Mirafiori - Via Carlo Fea, 2 - 00161 - Rome (Line B, Stop Bologna + 10 minutes walk)

Contact details Teresa Numerico [email protected]

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