Alan Turing:
Founder of computer science, mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, strange visionary and a gay man before his time.
First published Mon Jun 3, 2002; substantive revision Mon Aug 27, 2007
Alan Turing (1912–1954) never described himself as a philosopher, but his 1950 paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” is one of the most frequently cited in modern philosophical literature. It gave a fresh approach to the traditional mind-body problem, by relating it to the mathematical concept of computability he himself had introduced in his 1936–7 paper “On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem.” His work can be regarded as the foundation of computer science and of the artificial intelligence program.
Sources:
BBC News – Alan Turing History
Alan Turing Official – Managed by Andrew Hodges
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Alan Turing
The Telegraphy – UK
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