Description
Product ID: | 9781350096783 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Bloomsbury Revelations |
Title: | Philosophy and Simulation |
Subtitle: | The Emergence of Synthetic Reason |
Authors: | Author: Professor Manuel DeLanda |
Page Count: | 216 |
Subjects: | Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy of science, Computer modelling and simulation, Philosophy of science, Computer modelling & simulation |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In this groundbreaking book, Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems, as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilities associated with casual and other capacities.This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology, emergence and science at all levels. In this groundbreaking book, Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems, as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilities associated with casual and other capacities. This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology, emergence and science at all levels. |
Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-04-18 |