Does Computer Science Need Computers?

The theoretical side of the field doesn’t require computing machines.

The short version

• But many questions would never have been posed without them.
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Create a reading list by clicking the Read Later icon next to the articles you wish to save. I n philosophy, “qualia” refers to the subjective qualities of our experience: what it’s like for Alice to see blue or for Bob to feel delighted.

Why it matters

Qualia are “the ways things seem to us,” as the late philosopher Daniel Dennett put it.

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