[softatlas]

I believe Brian Cantwell Smith should be mentioned here.

    Which leads me to say something about computing. I have repeatedly
    mentioned computation as one of the intentional sciences. Some of you will
    know that for almost 30 years I have been engaged in a foundational inquiry
    into the basic nature of computing—trying to figure out what it is, where it
    came from, what its intellectual importance is, what it augers for the future. I
    have spent 30 years, the project is largely complete ... and I have failed. Or
    rather: I have succeeded, I believe, in coming up with the answer. But the
    answer is: there’s nothing there.[0]

[0]: http://www.ageofsignificance.org/people/bcsmith/papers/smith...

[ttctciyf]

Very bracing read. Thanks!