A tale of two methods.
Simulations (both digital and analog) and experiments share many features. But what essential features distinguish them? I discuss two proposals in the literature. On one proposal, experiments investigate nature directly, while simulations merely investigate models. On another proposal, simulations...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 169; no. 3; pp. 575 - 593 |
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