From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!bcw Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Computer Science Article-I.D.: duke.2223 Posted: Tue Jun 15 21:53:11 1982 Received: Fri Jun 18 03:07:44 1982 Re: Computer "science" From: Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University It seems to me that since the root of "science" simply means "knowledge" (hence the motto of the Naval Academy "ex scientia tridens" -- "from knowledge, sea power"), there is no reason for any of the "-science" disciplines (computer science, political science, ...) to apologize for their use of the term. This doesn't mean that *any* of them follow the Baconian world view (for want of a better term) like most of the "established" sciences such as physics. Computer science seems to divide into two parts, one which is closely allied with mathematics and one which is simply engineering under a different label. Most of what is meant by the term falls exclusively under the latter label, but I see no reason why it doesn't deserve the label "science." Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University