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  • Philosophy and Simulation: The Emergence of Synthetic Reason

    Philosophy and Simulation by DeLanda, Manuel;

    The Emergence of Synthetic Reason

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Continuum
    • Date of Publication 20 January 2011
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781441170286
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages240 pages
    • Size 198x129 mm
    • Weight 422 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    In his new book, the internationally renowned Manuel DeLanda provides a remarkably clear philosophical overview of the rapidly growing field of computer simulations.

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    Long description:

    The topic of this clearly written and well-documented text is the philosophical concept of emergence... Imaginative defences of philosophical realism are certainly to be applauded, and given the critical role that mathematical modelling occupies in both scientific and technical practices today, questioning computer simulation is undoubtedly important. Philosophy and Simulation does an interesting job of the former via the latter.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction: Emergence in History \ 1. The Storm in the Computer \ 2. Cellular Automata and Patterns of Flow \ 3. Artificial Chemistries and the Prebiotic Soup \ 4. Genetic Algorithms and the Prebiotic Soup \ 5. Genetic Algorithms and Ancient Organisms \ 6. Neural Nets and Insect Intelligence \ 7. Neural Nets and Mammalian Memory \ 8. Multiagents and Primate Strategies \ 9. Multiagents and Stone Age Economics \ 10. Multiagents and Primitive Language \ 11. Multiagents and Archaic States \ Appendix: Links to Assemblage Theory \ Index

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