title: In the right order of brush strokes: a sketch of a software philosophy retrospective.
abstract: This paper follows a discourse on software recognized as a product of art and human creativity progressing probably for as long as software exists. A retrospective view on computer science and software philosophy development is introduced. In so doing we discover parallels between software and various branches of human creative manifestations. Aesthetic properties and mutual dependency of the form and matter of art works are examined in their application to software programs. While exploring some philosophical and even artistic reflection on software we consider extended comprehension of technical sciences of programming and software engineering within the realm of liberal arts.
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Institute of Computing and Control, Polytechnicheskaya ul., 21, 195021 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pyshkin
keywords: Art; Computer science education; Liberal arts; Software aesthetics; Software philosophy