Computation in Medieval Western Europe
Sara L. Uckelman
Practices that fall under the broad umbrella of ‘computation’ in western European Middle Ages tend to be goal-oriented and directed at specific purposes, such as computation date Easter, calculation velocities, combinatorics syllogisms other logical arguments. In spite this practical bent, disparate computational practices were increasingly built upon theoretical foundations. chapter, we discuss principles underlying three areas computation: computistics algorithms employed computistics, well more generally; arithmetic mathematical calculation, including physical facts theorems; (possible) implementations computing mechanisms.
Philosophy of engineering and technology