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Johannes Lenhard

Calculated Surprises

A Philosophy of Computer Simulation

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If all philosophy starts with wondering, then Calculated Surprises starts with wondering about how computers are changing the face and inner workings of science. In this book, Lenhard concentrates on the ways in which computers and simulation are transforming the established conception of mathematical modeling. His core thesis is that simulation modeling constitutes a new mode of mathematical modeling that rearranges and inverts key features of the established conception. Although most of these new key features--such as experimentation, exploration, or epistemic opacity--have their precursors, the new ways in which they are being combined is… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-19-087329-5
  • EAN: 9780190873295
  • Produktnummer: 31778941
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 256 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 15'170 KB

Über den Autor


Johannes Lenhard is Lecturer of Philosophy and senior researcher at the Department of Philosophy and the Insititute for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University. He received his doctoral degree in mathematics from the University of Frankfurt and has a long track record of research in philosophy and history of computational methods in science and engineering.

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