AMNON H. EDEN, PhD, is a computer scientist with the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex and a research fellow at the Center for Inquiry. Dr. Eden has worked as a programmer and consultant to leading software companies, chaired the Software Engineering Diploma Programme at the Tel Aviv College of Management, and served as the associate editor of Minds and Machines. His publications include an entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and articles in leading software engineering journals.

JONATHAN NICHOLSON, PhD, earned his doctorate from the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex under the co-supervision of Prof. Raymond Turner and Dr. Eden. His research centres on object-oriented design, with a focus on the development and implementation of the logic underlying the language of Codecharts.