Philosophy and simulation (Record no. 86611)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781474252843 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 003 |
| Cutter | Del |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Delanda, Manuel |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Philosophy and simulation |
| Remainder of title | :the Emergence of Synthetic Reason |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Londan |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Bloomsbury |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vi;226p. |
| Other physical details | pb |
| 520 ## - Remark | |
| Summary, etc | In 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. 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. 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Computer |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| HBCSE | HBCSE | Computer | 2019-02-26 | Janam Marketing | 003 Del | 24867 | 2019-07-12 | 2019-03-28 | 1519.00 | Book |