Most philosophers were foundational to the idea of "computing". They all build upon each other's ideas. Aristotle definitely started the work on logic, but Desc

Most philosophers were foundational to the idea of "computing". They all build upon each other's ideas. Aristotle definitely started the work on logic, but Descartes made the modern "computer" definition. This term has roots for an old occupation even: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation) You took equations and processed them. The reasoning that Descartes later reduced to the idea of "computation". Also known as Cartesian grammar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_linguistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_linguistics The idea being that if we can make our minds into purely computational machines, then we will achieve certainty in our beliefs, thus relieving the anxiety we are suffering. Hobbes later would try to define a new model of "cognition is computation".