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by bbor 849 days ago
Any thoughts for a Philosophy section? i.e. meta-CS. I'm thinking about stuff like this, though I guess it would better as blog posts or second-hand critiques:

- Chomsky 1956, _Three models for the description of language_ https://chomsky.info/wp-content/uploads/195609-.pdf

- Naur 1985, _Programming as theory building_ https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf

- Simon & Newell 1970, _Human Problem Solving_ https://iiif.library.cmu.edu/file/Newell_box00018_fld01306_d...

etc. Maybe too broad a topic? Basically this list feels like it's lacking answers to some fundamental "why is it like this" questions, if that makes sense.