The philosophical novelty of computer simulation methods

被引：167

作者：

Humphreys, Paul ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Virginia, Dept Philosophy, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA

来源：

SYNTHESE | 2009年 / 169卷 / 03期

关键词：

Computer simulations; Computational science; Epistemic opacity; Semantics; Temporal dynamics; Approximations;

D O I：

10.1007/s11229-008-9435-2

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

Reasons are given to justify the claim that computer simulations and computational science constitute a distinctively new set of scientific methods and that these methods introduce new issues in the philosophy of science. These issues are both epistemological and methodological in kind.

引用

页码：615 / 626

页数：12

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