Wittgenstein for MIS professionals
Monday, April 18, 2005
Wittgenstein is not a systematic philosopher and one should not, therefore, expect the presentation of a new philosophical theory of computing, or MIS, or whatever.
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Wittgenstein on Management Information Systems (MIS)Ludwig Wittgenstein is often cited for his original and still controversial views about what it means to "follow a rule". Computers follow rules (programs) and programmers are also supposed to follow rules (specifications) when writing them. But things are obviously not so simple. There are bugs and, worse still, failed projects. How is this possible when the objective is so simple : find out what the rules are and write a program that follows them ? Maybe Wittgenstein is right and following a rule is not as straightforward as it seems. New to this site ? go to the introduction |
New sections
- Introduction - Sunday, April 17, 2005
- Management Information Systems - Sunday, April 17, 2005
- Methodologies - Sunday, April 17, 2005
- MIS and the "rule following" consideration - Sunday, April 17, 2005
- The Order-Procesing example - Sunday, April 17, 2005
- The grammar of "in accord with the rules" - Sunday, April 24, 2005
- Order-processing vs. Quus - Sunday, April 24, 2005
- The objectivity of meaning - Friday, May 13, 2005
Updates
- MIS and the "rule following" consideration - Sunday, April 24, 2005
- The Order-Procesing example - Sunday, April 24, 2005
- The grammar of "in accord with the rules" - Tuesday, May 2, 2005
- Order-processing vs. Quus - Tuesday, May 2, 2005
- The objectivity of meaning - Friday, May 13, 2005