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Programs as the Language of Science
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2020
arXiv
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Currently it is widely accepted that the language of science is mathematics. This book explores an alternative idea where the future of science is based on the language of algorithms and programs. How such a language can actually be implemented in the sciences is outlined in some detail. We start by constructing a simple formal system where statements are represented as programs and inference is based on computability as opposed to the classical notion of truth value assignments. The focus is
arXiv:1811.05116v2
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