{"product_id":"9781474252843","title":"Philosophy and Simulation : The Emergence of Synthetic Reason","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePhilosophy and Simulation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Manuel DeLanda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Manuel Delanda analyzes all the different  genres of simulation (from cellular automata and generic algorithms to  neural nets and multi-agent systems) as a means to conceptualize the  possibility spaces associated with casual (and other) capacities.  Simulations allow us to stage actual interactions among a population of  agents and to observe the emergent wholes that result from those  interactions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Simulations have become as important as mathematical models in  theoretical science. As computer power and memory have become cheaper  they have migrated to the desktop, where they now play the role that  small-scale experiments used to play. A philosophical examination of the  epistemology of simulations is needed to cement this new role,  underlining the consequences that simulations may have for materialist  philosophy itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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  philosophy of technology and the philosophy of science at all levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781474252843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40633888473294,"sku":"9781474252843","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_82277aa5-0007-4131-9b9e-ab96b3ce2f51.jpg?v=1638927602","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781474252843","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}