The computational philosophy: simulation as a core philosophical method.

Modeling and computer simulations, we claim, should be considered core philosophical methods. More precisely, we will defend two theses. First, philosophers should use simulations for many of the same reasons we currently use thought experiments. In fact, simulations are superior to thought experime...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 199; no. 1/2; pp. 3647 - 3674
Autores principales: Mayo-Wilson, Conor, Zollman, Kevin J. S.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2021
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        Computation
        Computational philosophy
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