I am, but not exclusively a philosopher of science and technology and logician. If you are interested in philosophical skills rather than information technology read on.. I started in my home town of quilon, where I attended schooling. I then spent four years in trivandrum, to attend the graduate course in computer science under the university of kerala and now I am, at least for the time being, back in my home town. During my past I have met up with many interesting and stimulating people who have provoked my reflections on many of the subjects I discuss in my life and elsewhere. I thought of this subject as I'm presently studying the theory of computation. An important part of my primary interest, the philosophy of computing, has been metaphysical in character, focusing on questions such as:
- Is artificial intelligence possible?
- Can we construct machines that are fundamentally more powerful than those which fall in the Turing class? Why or why not?
- Why is the Turing machine model the useful model for understanding computation?
- What computes? Why?
- Are brains computational devices, and if so (or not), why (or why not)?
- What is the distinction between science and technology?
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