Paul Humphreys

Broschiertes Buch

Extending Ourselves

Computational Science, Empiricism, and Scientific Method

Beschreibung

Extending Ourselves contains the first systematic philosophical account of new computer methods for empirical scientific research, and how they require a different approach to scientific method. Paul Humphreys draws a parallel between the ways in which such computational methods have enhanced our abilities to mathematically model the world, and the more familiar ways in which scientific instruments have expanded our access to the empirical world.

Autor

Paul Humphreys is chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. A former editor of Synthese and a founding editor of Foundations of Science, his research interests include computer modeling, probability theory, strategic reasoning, emergence, causation, and explanation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780195313291
• ISBN-10: 0195313291
• Artikelnr.: 20986893