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Science in the age of computer simulation / Eric B. Winsberg.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winsberg, Eric B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Data processing--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Science--Experiments--Computer simulation.
- Science--Methodology.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has grown rapidly to become indispensible in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, high-energy physics, climate science, engineering, ecology, and economics. Digital computer simulation helps study phenomena of great complexity, but how much do we know about the limits and possibilities of this new scientific practice? How do simulations compare to traditional experiments? And are they reliable? Eric Winsberg seeks to answer these questions in Science in the Age of Computer Simulation. Scrutinizing these issue with a philosophical lens, Winsberg explores the impact of simulation on such issues as the nature of scientific evidence; the role of values in science; the nature and role of fictions in science; and the relationship between simulation and experiment, theories and data, and theories at different levels of description. Science in the Age of Computer Simulation will transform many of the core issues in philosophy of science, as well as our basic understanding of the role of the digital computer in the sciences.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- ONE. Introduction
- TWO. Sanctioning Models: Theories and Their Scope
- THREE. Methodology for a Virtual World
- FOUR. A Tale of Two Methods
- FIVE. When Theories Shake Hands
- SIX. Models of Climate: Values and Uncertainties
- SEVEN. Reliability without Truth
- EIGHT. Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612894886
- 9781282894884
- 1282894889
- 9780226902050
- 0226902056
- OCLC:
- 676697492
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