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- catalog abstract ""Computational methods such as computer simulations, Monte Carlo methods, and agent-based modeling have become the dominant techniques in many areas of science. Extending Ourselves contains the first systematic philosophical account of these new methods, 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. This expansion forms the basis for a new kind of empiricism, better suited to the needs of science than the older anthropocentric forms of empiricism. Human abilities are no longer the ultimate standard of epistemological correctness." "Humphreys also includes arguments for the primary of properties rather than objects, the need to consider technological constraints when appraising scientific methods, and a detailed account of how the path from computational template to scientific application is constructed." "Extending Ourselves will be of interest to philosophers of science, epistemologists, and anyone interested in the role played by computers in modern science."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13333329.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Computational methods such as computer simulations, Monte Carlo methods, and agent-based modeling have become the dominant techniques in many areas of science. Extending Ourselves contains the first systematic philosophical account of these new methods, 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. This expansion forms the basis for a new kind of empiricism, better suited to the needs of science than the older anthropocentric forms of empiricism. Human abilities are no longer the ultimate standard of epistemological correctness." "Humphreys also includes arguments for the primary of properties rather than objects, the need to consider technological constraints when appraising scientific methods, and a detailed account of how the path from computational template to scientific application is constructed." "Extending Ourselves will be of interest to philosophers of science, epistemologists, and anyone interested in the role played by computers in modern science."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Epistemic enhancers -- 2. Scientific empiricism -- 3. Computational science -- 4. Computer simulations -- 5. Further issues.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 172 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195158709 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "501/.13 21".
- catalog subject "Q183.9 .H82 2004".
- catalog subject "Science Computer simulation.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Epistemic enhancers -- 2. Scientific empiricism -- 3. Computational science -- 4. Computer simulations -- 5. Further issues.".
- catalog title "Extending ourselves : computational science, empiricism, and scientific method / Paul Humphreys.".
- catalog type "text".