Computer simulations and surrogative reasoning for the design of new robots.

Computer simulations are widely used for surrogative reasoning in scientific research. They also play a crucial role in engineering, more specifically in the design of new robotic systems, yet the nature of this role has been little discussed so far in the philosophy of technology literature. The ma...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 202; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
Autores principales: Datteri, Edoardo, Schiaffonati, Viola
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2023
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          RobotiCSS Lab, Laboratory of Robotics for the Cognitive and Social Sciences, Department of Human Sciences for Education, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126, Milan, Italy
          Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico Di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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        Computer simulations
        Engineering design
        Robotic models
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        Simulation-supported surrogative reasoning
      ab: Computer simulations are widely used for surrogative reasoning in scientific research. They also play a crucial role in engineering, more specifically in the design of new robotic systems, yet the nature of this role has been little discussed so far in the philosophy of technology literature. The main claim made in this article is that the notion of surrogative reasoning is central to understanding how computer simulations can serve the purpose of designing new robots. More specifically, it is argued that computer simulations can support two forms of surrogative reasoning, which are called model-oriented and prediction-oriented, whose inferential structure is reconstructed to some extent. And it is argued that, when computer simulations are used to design new robots, they are distinctively used in the model-oriented way. By unravelling the structure of the computer simulation-supported methods adopted in robotic design, this article may contribute to a finer-grained understanding of the epistemic processes involved in technological research.
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